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Chile win Copa America 25 militants Qatari school killed in Egypt air strikes ISMAILIA: Egyptian war- results spark planes killed 25 Islamist mili- tants in North Sinai yesterday, security sources said, as the Egyptian president visited the province after a major escala- social debate tion of the conflict there. The sources said the air strikes hit militant targets near the town Parents upset over low pass rate of Sheikh Zuweid, destroying weapons and explosives caches. DOHA: A statement by the in the previous years was done by They also said security forces Supreme Education Council a company, which had been “using had found about half a tonne of (SEC) on the relatively low pass grade scales as per some specific explosives in a tunnel on the bor- percentage in the secondary statistics and averages” as a way der between the Sinai and Gaza. school certificate examinations to exaggerate the results. Egyptian President Abdel at the state-owned Independent This year the SEC changed the Fattah Al Sisi inspected soldiers schools has evoked a debate in evaluation system and it reflected and police in El-Arish, the provin- the Qatari community, with the “real grade of the students”. cial capital, yesterday, the presi- some citizens dismissing the Citing a study conducted by the dency said in statement. remarks as meaningless. Qatar University, SEC said many Sisi, dressed in military garb The results for the 2014-2015 school graduates found it difficult Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (right) shoots to score against Chile’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo during the for the first time since becoming academic year announced on to continue their university studies 2015 Copa America final football match penalty shootout, in Santiago, Chile, yesterday. Chile defeat Argentina president just over a year ago, Thursday recorded a 72 percent due to the defective evaluation sys- 4-1 on penalties to win Copa America. told troops at least 200 militants overall pass percentage, which tem followed in the previous years. had been killed in the fighting in the SEC said was lower compared The study conducted among QU recent days, but added: “For me to to the previous years. The SEC, students in the 2012-2013 batches say that things are under control however, claimed that the results found that about 66 percent of the is not enough, things are totally were “a real reflection of the level students who passed the secondary stable. of students,” while the method of school examination by an average Iran nuclear deal in sight “I tell Egyptians ... the size of evaluation used in the previous 80 to 90 percent had problems in forces here (in Sinai) is one per- examinations was faulty. continuing their university studies, VIENNA: Global powers and that at least at the level of experts slapped on the Islamic republic. cent of Egypt’s army.” The SEC also attributed the while 10 percent of the students Iran hit the final straights of some understanding may have IAEA chief Yukiya Amano told Militants launched a coor- low percentage to the absence of who passed by an average of more marathon talks yesterday, amid been thrashed out, although reporters after a whirlwind visit dinated assault on military many students from the evening than 90 percent were also facing signs some of the toughest hur- discussions continued as a new to Tehran that progress had been checkpoints in North Sinai on extra classes and the tests. Some problems in their studies. dles blocking a deal to curb the Tuesday deadline looms. made as the International Atomic Wednesday, leading to day-long students abstained from the tests The SEC said, although the Iranian nuclear programme The so-called P5+1 — Britain, Energy Agency (IAEA) seeks to fighting which left more than 100 knowing that cheating was not overall pass percentage in this may been resolved. China, France, Germany, Russia ensure that any deal is “techni- militants and 17 soldiers dead, the possible. The SEC denied allega- year’s examination was 72 percent, After a 13-year standoff which and the United States — are try- cally sound.” army said. tions by some parents that it was the top ten students secured more has poisoned Iran’s international ing to draw the curtain on almost “With the cooperation from Egyptian air strikes killed 23 deliberately defeating students, than 98 percent marks (grade) relations, the UN atomic watchdog two years of roller-coaster nego- Iran, I think we can issue a report Islamist militants the next day, saying the evaluation process while more than 1,027 students voiced hopes of a breakthrough tiations since the election of by the end of the year on the... security sources said. was conducted in a very trans- got 90 per cent and more. A total to complete a stalled probe into President Hassan Rouhani in 2013. clarification of the issues related REUTERS parent manner and results were of 322 students secured more than whether Tehran sought to develop The aim is to finalise a deal which to possible military dimensions,” announced just in two weeks, while 96 percent. nuclear arms in the past. And on would put a nuclear bomb beyond Amano told reporters after his earlier it took more than three Continued on page 4 complicated moves to ease a web of Iran’s reach, in return for lifting talks in Tehran earlier this week. Ministry recalls weeks. The SEC said, evaluation THE PENINSULA sanctions, there were indications biting international sanctions AFP Toyota Avalon

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce announced yesterday that it has Strong winds recalled Toyota Avalon models Qatari remembers ‘good old Ramadan’ 2009 to 2012 due to a defect in likely today the sound speaker system. The Ministry said in a state- DOHA: The Meteorology DOHA: Modern luxuries such of emotional bonding, the senior Ramadan was very good because while today it opens once in a ment that the recall, done in col- Department has forecast a as air-conditioners (ACs), smart citizen told Al Raya. of the frequent visits by friends week,” he said. The trend of laboration with exclusive dealers foggy morning today followed by phones and televisions were Looking back at his days and relatives. Life in those days meeting friends and relatives is of Toyota and Lexus vehicles strong winds. The presence of absent in old days, but fasting in Mughalina, Al Kuwari said was simple and slow, giving us on the decline. They now talk to Abdullah and Abdulghani com- winds are expected to give some during Ramadan was a pleas- that fasting was different then. time to meet our friends and fam- each other over phone, chat on pany (AAB), was part of its reprieve from the high humidity ant experience. The holy month Electricity was used only for ily members.” social media but they do not meet. continuous coordination and the country has been experienc- in those days meant emotional lighting, while ACs were out of After prayers, there were get- “Technology is making an adverse follow-up to ascertain the com- ing over the past two days. bonding with friends and rela- the question. “Days were hot and togethers. Prayers were followed impact on social values. Social mitment of car dealerships to fol- Temperature in Doha could hit tives which is missing now, humid, and the only relief from by traditional food such as haris, networking sites, smart phones low up vehicle defects and repair 44 degrees Celsius in the peak reminisces Hassan Ibrahim Al scorching heat was sleeping on tharid, Al Khan Afroosh, Al and other such technology have them as well as protecting con- hours, while Wakra and Mesaeed Kuwari, former chairman of the the roof at night. We used to do Luquayman, doubling the joy of created a distance among people. sumer rights. are expected to be hotter with the Qatar Social Cultural Centre our routine work during day time such meetings,” he added. Now people do not meet often The Ministry stressed that it maximum temperature expected for the Blind about experiences while the evenings were devoted “Nowadays life is fast-paced. and only at major functions like will be in coordination with the at 45 degrees Celsius. Ruwais, in 1960s. for children and family,” he said. Everyone is very busy and is in weddings. Earlier, the meetings company’s agent to follow up on Abu Samra, and Dukhan would The advent of new technology “I was the only person with a rush to finish some work, with were frequent and used to happen maintenance, repairs and commu- have the lowest temperatures has made life easy but people have weak eyesight and there used less time for families and friends. without seeking an appointment,” nication with customers to ensure hovering between 27 degrees and now become heavily dependent to be a large lamp for reading Our Majlis (guest room) used to he added. the implementation of procedures 37/38 degrees. THE PENINSULA on machines forgetting the value holy Quran. Social life during open every day during Ramadan THE PENINSULA and repaires defective cars. The Ministry also urged all consumers to report any irregularities by communicat- Make-or-break Greek vote today ing to the Consumer Protection Department, which receives Syrian army, Hezbollah complaints, suggestions and inquiries through its channels of communication. surround rebel-held city THE PENINSULA

RAMADAN BEIRUT: The Syrian army and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia said TIMING they had launched a major ground and air assault on the rebel-held Syrian city of Zabadani yesterday and were closing in on insurgents Today’s Iftar: holed up inside. The army, with its Shia ally Hezbollah, has long sought to wrest control of Zabadani from Sunni rebels who have 06:31pm held it since 2012, a year after the start of the Syrian civil war. The Tomorrow’s Imsak: city is near the Lebanese border and the Beirut-Damascus highway See page 15 03:10am that links the countries, and so capturing it would be a major stra- tegic gain for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s government. Footage released on Hezbollah’s TV channel al Manar and Syrian state TV showed large plumes of smoke rising from the city, and the sounds of aerial bombardment and heavy artillery shelling could be heard. New footage showed artillery rounds being fired from high ground in a mountain range that surrounds the Zabadani towards the A lady holds a placard at a rally in Sydney yesterday as nearly 10 million centre of the city. The once popular resort city, northwest of the capital Greek voters take to the ballot booths today to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in a Damascus, is one of the rebels’ last strongholds along the border. It was referendum asking if they accept more austerity measures in return for part of a major supply route for weapons sent by Syria to Hezbollah bailout funds. before the 2011 outbreak of the Syrian conflict, which has killed over See page 4 200,000 people. REUTERS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Leaders condole with Saudi King Thousands attend QF’s Ramadan lectures DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of condo- Top scholars to conduct lectures, prayers for remaining nights at Education City mosque lences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman DOHA: Thousands are attend- Dr Omar Abdelkafi, Sheikh Dr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi ing Ramadan lecture series Ayed Al Qarni, Sheikh Dr Salman Arabia following the death and prayers conducted by some Al Oudah and Sheikh Dr Khalid of Northern Border Region of the most prominent Islamic Al Jubair. Governor Prince Abdullah scholars at Qatar Foundation The series will continue with bin Abdulaziz bin Missaed bin for Education, Science and well-known imams leading the Jalawi Al Saud. Community Development’s daily Taraweeh prayers, includ- Deputy Emir H H Sheikh (QF) Education City mosque. ing Sheikh Abdullah Al Nemah, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani The series continues during the who will speak on the 19th and also sent a cable of condolences remaining nights of Ramadan. 20th nights of Ramadan. to King Salman. Free activities are open to the Sheikh Mohammed Al Qahtani Prime Minister and Interior public, as part of QF’s efforts to will lead the Taraweeh prayers on Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin foster community spirit and bring the 21st and 22nd evenings, fol- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent Muslims together during the holy lowed by Sheikh Mohammed Al a similar cable to King Salman. month. Barrak who will take the reigns By hosting globally-renowned from the 23rd night until the Greeting cables speakers, QF hope to promote 27th. better understanding of Islamic As Ramadan comes to a close, identity and values, while further- Al Qahtani will return to lead the sent to Obama ing its mission of transforming prayers until the final evening of DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh the country into a knowledge- the holy month. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani based economy with Islamic val- On this blessed night, Sheikh sent a cable of congratulations ues at its core. Abdulwali Al Arkani and Sheikh to US President Barack Obama In doing so, QF is support- Faleh Al Hajri will take the Qiyam on his country’s Independence ing Qatar National Vision 2030, prayers and conclude the recita- Day. which seeks a secure and prosper- tion of the Holy Quran. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh ous future for the country and its Presentations will be held Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani people. after Aasr and Taraweeh prayers also sent a congratulatory cable The 1,800-capacity mosque at conducted by Sheikh Dr Ali Al to Obama. Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies Qaradaghi, Sheikh Dr Tarek Al Prime Minister and Interior within Hamad Bin Khalifa Hawas and Sheikh Dr Sultan Al Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah University has hosted several Hashmi. Sheikh Dr Omar Abdelkafi delivers a lecture at the mosque. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani lectures during the first 10 days To help ease access to the sent a similar cable to Obama. of Ramadan. mosque, QF is providing trans- City throughout the evening. speakers can experience the wis- young children of families who Scholars who have spoken at port to the mosque with regular QF also offers interpretation dom of the speakers. wish to attend activities. CMC chief, deputy the mosque so far include Sheikh buses running within Education services to ensure non-Arabic A crèche facility is open for THE PENINSULA to be elected today DOHA: The chairman and deputy chairman of Central Municipal Council (CMC) will be elected today. Councillors Mohammad bin Road safety campaign launched in Souq Waqif Hamoud Al Shafi, Jassem bin Abdullah Al Maliki and Saed bin DOHA: Hundreds of people accidents increase. and ‘Students for Road Safety’ to 12-18-year-olds into road safety Maersk Oil Qatar, said: ““Sadly, Rashid Al Hajari are in the fray have learnt how to keep safe The campaign is organised address the challenge, particu- ambassadors through interactive too many people in Qatar are for chairmanship and Hamad bin on roads, thanks to a Ramadan in cooperation with the Traffic larly by targeting young people presentations and driving simula- injured or killed in road accidents Lahdan Al Mohannadi and Rabiya campaign under way at Souq Department at the Ministry of often at most risk. tor training. but with the Traffic Department Al Kaabi are contesting for dep- Waqif by ‘Students for Road Interior, under the umbrella of “The partnership has com- The simulator is the one of its we are raising awareness of the uty chairmanship. Minister of Safety’, a programme funded by the national road safety brand, pleted two years and is in keep- kind in the Gulf and includes a issue and encouraging positive Municipality and Urban Planning Maersk Oil Qatar. One Second. ing with National Road Safety full car cockpit, an advanced dis- behaviour change. I encourage H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Driving instructors are man- Lt Fahad Mubarak Al Abdulla Strategy and other activities play system with wrap around visitors to the souq to stop by and Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani ning a road safety simulator from the department said, “It is under One Second.” screen and an artificial intelli- learn more.” will open today’s session, to be throughout the holy month to this time of the year when acci- In the past two years 4,500 gence engine that reflects com- ‘Students for Road Safety’ was chaired by the senior-most coun- offer advice and raise aware- dents increase, placing lives at students have been exposed mon behaviours on Qatar’s roads. launched by Maersk Oil Qatar cillor, Al Sharq reports. ness about safe road behaviours. risk. We are proud to continue to ‘Students for Road Safety’ Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al and the Traffic Department in THE PENINSULA/QNA Ramadan is a month when efforts with Maersk Oil Qatar that seeks to transform Thani, Deputy Managing Director, 2013. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QC sends 10 more food trucks to Syria

Engineer Hamad Al Bishri, Deputy CEO, and Dr Fahad Al Jaber, Director, Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Department, Qatar Rail, with other officials at the event. Qatar Rail wins ISO certification A beneficiary receives Ramadan basket from a Qatar Charity volunteer.

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) month to allow 8,000 families This requires increasing budget for occupational health, safety continues to distribute food to prepare for the month. Each and efforts to reach them in the assistance in Syria to serve over basket contains adequate amount areas where they are displaced, DOHA: Qatar Railways that meets customer and appli- OHSAS 18001 (Occupational 42,000 people. of basic food items needed dur- he added. Company (Qatar Rail) over- cable statutory and regulatory Health and Safety Management At least 10 truckloads of food ing Ramadan such as rice, green The previous supply of 27 seeing construction of the requirements. Systems — Requirements) is an arrived in safe areas in coopera- and red lentils, macaroni, tomato truckloads of food benefited integrated railway network, The certificate was handed internationally applied standard tion with White Hands Charity paste, sugar, chickpeas, cooking about 106,000 Syrians represent- was awarded ISO certification over in a ceremony at Qatar Rail’s for occupational health and safety Association operating in Syria. oil, ready-made soup, halvah, jam, ing over 15,000 families. The cost OHSAS 18001:2007 for occupa- headquarters in Doha, attended management systems. Earlier this month, QC dis- olive oil, semolina, salt, flour, and of the consignment distributed in tional health and safety man- by Engineer Hamad Al Bishri, It aims to help organisations to patched 27 truckloads of food for canned peas. coordination with Turkish IHH agement systems. Deputy CEO, and Dr Fahad Al control occupational health and the Syrians. Ibrahim Ali Abel, Director, Humanitarian Relief Foundation, The certification follows audit Jaber, Director of the department. safety risks. It was developed in The latest supply was distrib- Relief Department, QC, super- was over QR3.6m. of management systems of the Brian Baxter, Area Field response to demand for a recog- uted in the city centre, Anjarah, vised the project and the convoy. QC’s Ramadan projects this company’s Quality, Safety, Health Service Manager, LRQA, pre- nised standard against which to Kafr Naseh, Al Mansoura, Al He highlighted QC’s consist- year include special food assist- and Environment Department sented the award and con- be certified and assessed. Rabia, Azaz, Marea, Tal Rifaat, ent care to alleviate the suffering ance for Syrian refugees and dis- by Lloyds Register Quality gratulated the team on the It sets a framework to identify Adnan in Aleppo, Saraqib, Abu of Syrians and civilians in other placed persons targeting 230,000 Assurance (LRQA). achievement. and control health and safety Douhour, Milis, Sijar, Jabal Al countries living under exceptional people at a cost of QR7.3m. OHSAS 18001 is Qatar Rail’s Al Bishri said: “This is a key risks, reduce the potential for Zawiya, Khan Sheikhoun, Al circumstances and tension. QC exerts efforts to aid the second accolade from ISO in less milestone for our company as it accidents, aid legal compliance Tah, Jarjanaz, Taftanaz, Atama, Abel said QC focuses efforts on Syrian people, whether those than two months. In May, the indicates Qatar Rail’s commit- and improve overall performance. Sarmeen in Idlib, Mount Shashabo, reaching as many beneficiaries as internally displaced or refugees in company received ISO 9001:2008 ment to health and safety govern- LRQA is a leading, independent Al Lataminah, Qalaat Al Madiq in possible under the project. other countries. About 4.2 million certification for quality manage- ance and assurance management provider of business assurance Hama, Marj Al Zawiya, Al Najeya, He also highlighted the need people have benefited from QC ment, which specifies require- and a framework for constant services, including management Obeen, Badama, Kinsabba, and to increase budget for the project projects costing QR205m from ments for a quality management improvement and excellence in system certification, validation, Dweirka in Al Sahel. and the need to exert more efforts April 2011 until this January. Aid system where an organisation delivery. I thank the Qatar Rail verification and training based QC was eager to deliver to reach victims in the countries inside Syria totalled 59 percent of needs to demonstrate its ability team and LRQA for their efforts on international standards and Ramadan baskets a few days witnessing political crises and total aid, worth about QR121.2m. to consistently provide product in making this possible.” schemes. THE PENINSULA before the onset of the holy natural disasters. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Malabar Gold-The Peninsula weekly quiz winners Parents ‘should monitor fasting kids, adolescents’

DOHA: Hamad Medical include heart palpitations, shak- Ramadan, they can fast for half Corporation (HMC) said yester- iness, anxiety, sweating, hunger day. day that parents should monitor and a tingling sensation around She said the ability to fast all children and adolescents who the mouth, while severe signs day varies from one individual wish to fast during Ramadan to and symptoms of dehydration can to another, depending on their ensure their health is not nega- include extreme thirst, a lack of physical structure, health condi- tively impacted by low intake of urination, shrivelled skin, dizzi- tion and the prevailing climatic food and fluids. ness and confusion. conditions. Many Muslims are of the opin- “Should any of these signs or “Low fluid intake due to fasting ion that small children and ado- symptoms show, the affected child in hot weather, like in Qatar, may lescents should not fast during or adolescent must break fast to lead to dehydration in children Ramadan; Islam exempts chil- avoid further complications,” Dr and adolescents; therefore, it is dren, along with pregnant, breast- Janahi said. imperative that they drink plenty feeding or menstruating women “Blood glucose may sometimes of water after sunset,” she said. and ill people, from fasting. drop to a life-threatening level Yaqoub stressed the impor- Yahiya G M (centre), Sales Manager, Malabar Gold, and Ali Wahba (first left), Advertising Manager, The Peninsula, “Islam has exempted children in diabetic children and adoles- tance of providing children and with the second week winners of Ramadan Malabar gold quiz at the newspaper’s office yesterday. Kammutty V P and adolescents from fasting cents; therefore, they must be adolescents with balanced Iftar because they are at high risk supervised by a physician and meals comprising carbohydrates, of developing low or high blood dietitian.” proteins and healthy (unsatu- sugar, dehydration and ketoacido- Diabetic adolescents observ- rated) fats. sis (high concentrations of ketone ing fast must be provided with Parents are also advised to Decline in results shared responsibility: SEC in the body). Ramadan-focused medical ensure their children consume “However, some physicians are education. enough fruits and vegetables to Continued from page 1 studies and discipline. Many citi- another. “This statement shows of the opinion that fasting dur- They must undergo a pre-Ram- supply them with necessary vita- “The decline in the results is a zens are not convinced. “All these there is no clear vision. They are ing Ramadan is safe for older adan medical assessment and fol- mins and minerals. shared responsibility of schools, are mere justifications. If you look using our children for experi- children and adolescents, includ- low a healthy diet and physical “Suhoor (pre-dawn) meals students and families,” said the for real reasons, you will find ments,” was another reaction. ing those with diabetes provided activity plan. They should modify should contain fiber which lasts statement. The SEC urged stu- them,” read a comment in Arabic Some supported SEC views. they have good glycemic con- their insulin therapy and ensure longer in the digestive system. dents not to rely on private tutors on SEC’s Twitter account. “I agree with the SEC. They are trol, regularly monitor them- frequent glucose monitoring, as They should also contain dairy who have no knowledge about “This is not a true statement. going in the right direction in the selves and are under professional advised by their physician. products for calcium supple- Independent school curriculum Blaming parents and schools is a interest of the students,” read a supervision,” said Dr Mohamed “Parents should encourage chil- ment children and adolescents and to be more serious in their way to shirk responsibility,” said comment. THE PENINSULA Janahi, Chairman, Paediatrics dren and adolescents to do light need. Beverages such as tea, cof- Department, HMC. exercise; however, they should fee and carbonated drinks should “Since low intake of food and not allow them to participate in be avoided as they tend to cause fluid is a risk factor for hypogly- excessive physical activities dur- further dehydration,” she advised. Al Khayarin Group hosts Iftar banquet for staff caemia among fasting diabetic ing fasting hours to protect them According to her, Suhoor can patients, children and adolescents from dehydration or hypoglycae- be delayed until closer to dawn with the disease must be moni- mia,” cautioned Dr Janahi. to reduce the child’s fasting hours tored for signs or symptoms of Nada Yaqoub, a dietitian at and mitigate risks of dehydration low blood sugar and dehydration,” HMC, said although children and/or a drop in blood glucose lev- he said. below the age of puberty are els (hypoglycaemia). Signs of hypoglycaemia may exempted from fasting during THE PENINSULA

Al Khayarin Group of Companies organised an Iftar dinner at Regency Halls for staff of nine companies under its operation. Mohammed Idrees Anwar, CEO and Managing Partner, KG Group senior management, general managers of companies and over 300 staff attended.

Participants at the event. Garangao at Hyatt Plaza attracts over 1,000 families

DOHA: Hyatt Plaza wel- comed youngsters to its Garangao celebration, held in partnership with Qatar Charity, Edad Education Centre and Jungle Zone. More than 1,000 fami- lies attended the event in the food court area. “Hyatt Plaza has always been a family shopping mall that cherishes fam- ily values and Qatari traditions which makes it a natural choice for over 1,000 families to attend Garangao night,” said Fuad Shaqadan, Marketing and Leasing Manager. Mall staff greeted youngsters with Garangao bags of nuts and sweets, invited them to sing tra- ditional songs and chal- lenged them to participate in competitions and win prizes. Jungle Zone, Highland and Dary stores also wel- comed visitors with sacks of nuts and sweets. Hyatt Plaza has intro- duced ‘Layali Al Khair’ Festival from first to 20th Ramadan, organised by Edad Educational Centre. THE PENINSULA

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QIB offers Ramadan automotive deals Lusail sells 35 villas on Qetaifan Islands DOHA: Lusail Real Estate attractions in terms of site and development, construction DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has Development Company has amenities. and operations of the flagship partnered with automotive dealers and sold 35 residential villas on He said Lusail is committed to Lusail City development project. brands to offer special financing deals Qetaifan Islands, marking offering clients the most exclu- Lusail Real Estate Development on new vehicles during Ramadan. the completion of second- sive real estate ventures. Company was created to facili- Deals are designed to offer customers stage sales at one of Qatar’s “Our offerings target all mar- tate relationships with Lusail additional choice and competitive financ- most exclusive integrated ket segments starting with the City’s primary stakeholders, ing when purchasing a new car. communities. first-stage sale of 50 plots of land including investors and develop- Customers will be able to purchase Public offering was held last at competitive prices on the first ment partners in the project. popular and luxury vehicles from Thursday under the supervision Qetaifan Island, followed recently Lusail City is a visionary world-recognised manufacturers under of representatives of the Ministry by the sale of luxurious residen- development, master-planned competitive and equitable financing of Economy and Commerce. It tial villas on the second island,” by Qatari Diar and developed by arrangements. was broadcast live on TV and he added. Lusail. It is one of the largest and Those purchasing a vehicle from one streamed on Lusail website in Qatar Diar launched the sec- most elaborate projects covering of the nominated partners will enjoy dis- line with the company’s commit- ond stage of sales on Qetaifan an area of 38sqkm where over counted profit rates starting from 2.10 ment to ensure transparency in Islands between June 22 and 200,000 people will live, work, percent (flat) or 4 percent APR. its offerings. 30 during which Lusail hosted raise families and enjoy lives. Qatari customers will receive a six- Lusail plans to offer soon a pavilion at Sheraton Hotel A customer completes a deal to purchase one of the luxurious residential It will encompass new resi- month and expats three-month grace residential units for sale at Seef in Doha to brief clients on the villas. dential, commercial, and retail period. Customers will also benefit from Lusail. Khaled Al Sayed, Group project. opportunities and community a 2.5 percent comprehensive insurance CEO, said villas sold in pub- The pavilion attracted sev- villas overlooking the waterfront, area between 850-900sqm. needs complete with schools, rate, and receive a free co-branded lic offering are in the second eral customers who applied to with a surface area between 950- The company, a subsidi- medical facilities and entertain- Signature or Platinum QIB-Qatar Qetaifan Island, which repre- purchase luxurious residential 1,200sqm and 27 overlooking the ary of Qatari Diar Real Estate ment and shopping centres. Airways credit card for the first year sents one of Lusail City’s major villas. Sold units included eight internal landscape with a surface Investment Company, executes THE PENINSULA after purchase. Dealers and showrooms have been chosen to offer QIB customers choice and the highest level of trust when pur- G4S Qatar honours staff at Iftar meet Asian Town marks Garangao chasing a new vehicle. They are Abdulla Abdelghani & Subsidiaries – Toyota and Lexus; Mannai – GMC, Cadillac and Subaru; Al Boraq – Porsche; Q-Auto – Audi; Al Fardan – Range Rover, BMW and Jaguar; Saleh Al Hamad Al Manaa – Nissan, Infinity; Jaidah Automotive – Chevrolet; New Trade Engineering – Alfa and Fiat; Domasco – Honda; National Car Company – Hyundai; Ibin Ajayan - Skoda; and Al Moshtarak, Diar El Ezz, Al Nasser and El Beremi – a variety of makes and models. “Ramadan deals are part of our con- tinued commitment to provide the best offers to our clients,” said D Anand, General Manager, Personal Banking Group, QIB. “The bank always strives to Asian Town, in association with Qbiz Events, celebrated Garangao at Asian Town Cricket Stadium. meet and exceed our customers’ needs Hundreds of kids and parents took part in various activities. Drawing and painting competitions and expectations and the offer is a way G4S Qatar organised an Iftar gathering for employees at Oryx Rotana Hotel. Selected were sponsored by Maped-Hoshan Pan Gulf. Asian Town Marketing Manager Ahmed Refaat pre- of helping them purchase their favour- clients were also invited. Fifty employees were awarded for their performances, sented prizes to winners. Parents and kids took photos with cartoon characters Hamoud, Umm ite cars at highly competitive prices,” he loyalty and commitment during a semi-annual employee recognition ceremony. Hammas and Uncle Sauod. Children also received gifts, including traditional sweets and nuts. added. THE PENINSULA ICC hosts Iftar gathering for workers Ramadan offerings at Sharq Village

Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), in association with Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF), organised Iftar Meet 2015 and provided meals to over 1,000 workers of various nationalities on Street No. 2 in Industrial Area. The event was led by Hani Al Thamimi, Director, Community Services, RAF. RAF representa- tives Fawaz Mohammed Al Balawi and Hassan Abdul Kader, ICC President Girish Kumar and General-Secretary Divakar Poojary, and other ICC managing committee members and staff coordinated distribution.

Al Awtar Al Dahabiya, oriental musicians from Morocco, perform at Al Dasha Ballroom.

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VIENNA: Iran and world pow- Some of the toughest disputes, consequences of a collapse in the UN International Atomic Amano was in Tehran on Iranian sites to monitor compli- ers made progress on future including the question of easing talks. “The other side has tried Energy Agency director-general Thursday for meetings with ance with a future agreement. sanctions relief for Iran in mar- UN sanctions, were likely to be all kinds of pressure against Iran Yukiya Amano yesterday said that Rouhani and other top Iranian Another potential emerging athon nuclear talks yesterday, left for foreign ministers when and if it intends to test these he could issue a report on its inves- officials to discuss the stalled compromise relates to Iran’s but remained divided on issues they arrive in the Austrian capi- pressures again, as (President tigation into past Iranian research IAEA investigation into Tehran’s stockpile of low-enriched ura- such as lifting United Nations tal today, officials said. Hassan) Rowhani has said, Iran’s suspected of being linked to nuclear past nuclear work. nium. Western and Iranian diplo- sanctions and the development “Even if and when issues get response would be actions harder weapons development by the end He said that during his trip mats said Tehran was considering of advanced centrifuges. resolved at an experts level, there than what the other side imag- of the year if Tehran cooperated. progress had been made in mov- shipping most of the stockpile out Diplomats close to the nego- will remain some open issues that ines,” said Iran’s nuclear spokes- “With cooperation from Iran, I ing his investigation forward but of the country, something Tehran tiations said they had tentative can only be decided by ministers,” man Behrouz Kamalvandi, quoted think we can issue a report by the more work would be needed, ech- had previously ruled out. agreement on a mechanism for a senior US official told reporters. by Iranian news agencies. end of the year on the assessment oing a statement the IAEA issued Regarding the PMD issue, suspending US and European Iran is in talks with the United All sides say a deal is within of the clarification of the issues on Friday. Western diplomats said they were Union sanctions on Iran. But the States, Britain, China, France, reach. But there are other stick- related to the possible military US Secretary of State John not demanding a public confession six powers had yet to agree on a Germany and Russia on an agree- ing points in addition to sanc- dimensions,” he said ahead of Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister that Iran had conducted research United Nations Security Council ment to curtail its nuclear pro- tions and future monitoring meetings with some members of Mohammad Javad Zarif and into building a nuclear warhead, resolution that would lift UN gramme for at least a decade in mechanisms. One is a stalled the six-power group. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang but that the IAEA had to be satis- sanctions and establish a means exchange for relief from economic UN investigation into the pos- Answering the IAEA’s so-far Yi have remained in Vienna. fied it knew the full scope of past of re-imposing them in case of sanctions. sible military dimensions of past unresolved questions about the Senior officials from Iran and the Iranian activity to establish a cred- Iranian non-compliance with a The negotiators missed a June Iranian nuclear research sus- “possible military dimensions” six powers have continued meet- ible basis for future monitoring. future agreement. 30 deadline for a final agreement, pected of being linked to weapons (PMD) of past Iranian nuclear ing to try to finalise an agree- A preliminary agreement “We still haven’t sorted a but have given themselves until development. Another is Iran’s research will be a condition for ment. Kerry and Zarif met twice reached on April 2 in Lausanne, Security Council resolution,” a July 7. Foreign ministers not in demand to continue research and easing some sanctions on Iran if yesterday, US officials said. Switzerland said the PMD would diplomat close to the talks said. Vienna are expected to rejoin development work on advanced Tehran and the six powers suc- Western and Iranian officials have to be addressed under any “We don’t have Iran on board yet.” their counterparts in a final push centrifuges, machines that purify ceed in agreeing on a nuclear said there were signs of a com- final accord between Iran and the Senior Iranian and Western for a deal beginning today. uranium for use as fuel in power accord in Vienna, diplomats close promise emerging on one of the six powers. diplomats echoed the remarks. Iran issued a warning about plants or weapons. to the talks say. major sticking points: Access to REUTERS

Iftar in Khan Younis State of emergency declared in Tunisia; officials sacked

TUNIS: Tunisian President the media. Independent political respond to the attack in Port El Beji Caid Essebsi yesterday analyst Selim Kharrat questioned Kantaoui near Sousse. “The time of declared a state of emergency the timing of Essebsi’s announce- the reaction—this is the problem,” following last week’s beach ment, eight days after the beach Essid told the BBC in an interview. massacre claimed by the Islamic attack, and warned that a state Police had been “blocked every- State group in which 38 foreign of emergency “could become an where”, he added. Essid spoke as tourists were killed. excellent tool of repression”. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and In another firm response to the An aide to Tunisia’s prime Prime Minister David Cameron led June 26 attack, several officials minister said yesterday that sev- a minute’s silence for the victims, were sacked including the gover- eral officials including the Sousse 30 of whom were British. nor of the Sousse region where it governor and from the assailant’s Tourists fled in horror as a took place. home town and from where he Tunisian identified as 23-year- The North African state, which studied, as well as police officers, old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a has seen an exodus of tourists, has had been sacked. Kalashnikov assault rifle from admitted that its security serv- “Just as there have been secu- inside a furled beach umbrella and ices were unprepared for the sea- rity failures, there have also been went on a shooting spree outside a side attack in Port El Kantaoui political failures,” the premier’s five-star hotel. Three Irish nation- and that police were too slow to communications adviser Dhafer als, two Germans, one Belgian, one Palestinians wait to have their Iftar meal in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. respond. Neji said. Tunisia has faced a Portuguese and a Russian were also “The president has declared a post-revolution surge in jihadist killed before the assailant was him- state of emergency in Tunisia” violence in which dozens of police self shot dead. and was to address the nation, and soldiers have been killed. On Thursday, Tunisia announced Essebsi’s office said, adding that The beach shooting was the sec- it had arrested eight people, includ- it would be implemented for a ond such rampage in three months, ing a woman, “with direct links” Mosque blast kills 25 Al Nusra fighters renewable 30-day period. after another jihadist attack at the to the attack. Tunisian authorities A state of emergency, granting National Bardo Museum in Tunis have said Rezgui received weapons BEIRUT: An explosion in “Twenty-five members of the Salem mosque in the west special powers to the police and on March 18 that killed 21 tourists training from jihadists in Libya, a mosque in northern Syria Al-Nusra Front, including a of Ariha when the blast went off army, was in force for three years and a policeman. travelling to the chaos-wracked killed 25 members of Al Qaeda’s leader of the jihadist group, died during evening prayers”. Civilians up until March 2014, following Tunisia had already stepped up country at the same time as the Syrian affiliate, including one in an explosion inside a mosque were also among those killed. longtime secular president Zine security after the museum attack two young Tunisians behind the of its leaders, as they attended in the city of Ariha, in Idlib prov- Most of Idlib province is now El Abidine Ben Ali’s ouster in a and announced in the wake of Bardo attack. Ramadan prayers. ince,” the Britain-based observa- under rebel control, after an alli- 2011 revolution. the beach killings that it would About 3,000 Tunisians have Director of the Syrian tory said. It was not immediately ance of opposition groups includ- Apart from allowing the bar- deploy armed guards on beaches gone to Iraq, Syria and Libya to Observatory for Human Rights clear what caused the explosion. ing Al-Nusra Front evicted regime ring of strike action and unau- and close 80 mosques suspected of join jihadist ranks. The jihadist Rami Abdel Rahman said the Activist group the Syrian forces from their last strongholds. thorised meetings, the measure fanning Islamist extremism. attacks have dealt a heavy blow death toll could rise as dozens of Revolution General Commission More than 230,000 people have allows the authorities to carry On Friday, Prime Minister to the tourism sector which con- civilians were also injured in the said “hundreds of civilians were died in Syria since anti-govern- out raids on homes at any time Habib Essid acknowledged that tributes between seven and eight explosion during Iftar prayers in assembled for an Iftar gather- ment protests erupted in 2011. of the day and to keep tabs on police had taken too long to percent of Tunisia’s GDP. AFP the city of Ariha. ing with the Al Nusra Front in AFP Playing with lion cubs Turkey coalition talks to start next week: PM

ANKARA: Talks will begin The June election was a blow next week to form a new coa- not only to the AKP’s authority lition government in Turkey but also to Erdogan, who had been after the ruling party lost its hoping the new parliament would overall majority in a shock elec- agree on a new constitution to toral setback, Prime Minister increase his powers. Davutoglu Ahmet Davutoglu said. said that he would prioritise talks President Recep Tayyip with the CHP and MHP as his Erdogan is expected to first ask party’s top brass were veering his AKP party, which came first towards an alliance with them. in June 7 elections but lost its Davutoglu said his party was majority for the first time since not presently considering form- 2002, to try and form a coalition ing a coalition with the HDP, government. which entered parliament for the Davutoglu needs the support of first time as a party rather than at least one other party to cobble as a group of independent MPs. a government. The AKP gained By far the most likely coalition top place in the election but lost option is between the AKP and its majority for the first time the nationalist MHP, which both since coming to power in 2002. share a core conservative voter “God willing we will start nego- base in the centre of the country. tiations next week so that our 78 If efforts to form a coalition million people are not left with- within the constitutional limit out a government,” Davutoglu of 45 days are unsuccessful, told supporters late Friday in Erdogan can call snap elections the central Anatolian province within 45 days. of Konya, his home region. Erdogan on Friday again Davutoglu said he would meet warned he could call early elections with each of the three other par- if coalition talks failed. “The for- ties in parliament: the second- mation of a coalition with a major- placed Republican People’s Party, ity in parliament is my desire,” he the third-placed Nationalist told supporters in Istanbul, citing Movement Party’s and the pro- “serious issues” facing Turkey, Amir Khalil, from the British Four Paws charity, plays with lion Kurdish People’s Democratic without elaborating. cubs, Mona and Max, at a hotel in the Gaza Strip yesterday, after Party. The AKP has 258 seats in “But if a government cannot be the parliament, CHP 132, and the formed, our people will provide they were denied passage through the Israeli side of the Erez Nationalist Movement Party and the solution again. If the parlia- border crossing on their way to a wildlife sanctuary in Jordan. pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic ment cannot solve it, it is our Party 80 each. people who will,” he said. AFP SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Dialogue key America celebrates Independence Day to global Security threats fail to dampen mood stability, Putin NEW YORK: Americans parade started. Among them was marched in star-spangled Kearston Andrews, 26, who had tells Obama parades, ran relay races, gath- travelled with her family from ered for fireworks shows and near Gainesville, Florida, and said MOSCOW: Russian President crowned a new world hot dog security concerns had not affected Vladimir Putin yesterday said eating champion as they cel- them. relations between Moscow and ebrated Independence Day in The Department of Homeland Washington were key to ensur- traditional style yesterday. Security and the Federal Bureau ing global stability and called Possible security threats, of Investigation issued an alert for dialogue based on “equality wildfires in the West and rainy this week asking local authori- and respect.” weather on the East Coast appar- ties and the public to remain In a message to his US coun- ently did little to dampen the vigilant for possible threats fol- terpart Barack Obama on spirits of celebrants decked out lowing recent calls for violence by Independence Day in the United in red, white and blue from their leaders of radical Islamist group States, Putin said US-Russian headbands to their shoelaces. Islamic State. relations were “the key factor in Crowds at Boston’s Old State In New York City, the nation’s ensuring stability and security in House erupted in applause and biggest police force assigned the world, despite the differences” cannons shot out tri-color con- about 7,000 officers and nearly between the two countries. fetti after the annual July Fourth all its counterterrorism person- “Russia and the United States reading of the Declaration of nel to handle security around are able to find solutions for the Independence. Independence Day events. most difficult international prob- Meskie Hyman, 11, exuded Even after promising an lems and effectively counter glo- patriot pride in a star-spangled increased presence at weekend bal threats and challenges,” Putin shirt and a hair-band with two events, Massachusetts State said in a telegram, according to American flags that fluttered Police maintained a holiday spirit, the Kremlin. This needs to be under cloudy skies in Maplewood, tweeting with a colloquial Boston done by “building dialogue on the New Jersey. “I love that it’s a free phrase early Saturday “Have a principles of equality and respect A woman waves an American flag as she rides in an antique pick-up truck through Barnstable Village on Cape Cod, country and we have the right to wicked safe 4th of July!” of each other’s interests,” the speak. It lets us see everyone’s In a stunning upset on Coney during the annual Fourth of July Parade celebrating the country’s Independence Day, in Massachusetts yesterday. message said. potential and find our heroes,” Island, 23-year-old newcomer Russia has used increasingly she said. Matt Stonie grabbed the famed is already battling wildfires, rather than into the sky, town file curator George Burgess. antagonistic rhetoric about the The crowd in Washington, mustard-coloured champion’s belt communities in Washington manager Virginia Egger said in A celebration in Austin, Texas US since the start of the conflict DC, watched a parade of brass after gobbling 62 hot dogs in 10 state and Oregon restricted or a statement. featured country music legend in Ukraine, claiming that Western bands, law enforcement motor- minutes in the annual Nathan’s banned fireworks for fear of more Revellers on the beaches of Willie Nelson at an all-day picnic sanctions against Moscow over its cycle units, high school drum International Hot Dog Eating blazes. Cupertino, California, and North Carolina were warned by replete with music and drinking. alleged involvement in the hostili- majorettes, antique cars and Contest. Stonie, of San Jose, Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, the National Park Service to use And in Oklahoma, the record to ties are the result of US pressure police and military detachments. California, ousted long-time also canceled firework shows. extra caution after seven shark beat at the “Watermelon Seed on EU countries. The National Mall, an open champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, Nine people suffered minor attacks were recorded in the state Spittin’ World Championship” in Last month, Nikolai Patrushev, area west of the Capitol and site who still holds a world record injuries at Avon, Colorado’s on Thursday, surpassing the pre- Pauls Valley, about 100km south- who heads Putin’s security coun- of a fireworks display expected of 69 franks eaten in 2013. Miki “Salute to the USA” fireworks vious high of four in 2014 accord- east of Oklahoma City, was 66 cil, claimed the US was out to to draw hundreds of thousands, Sudo hung onto the women’s title, show on Friday night after a mal- ing to the International Shark feet, 11 inches (20.41 metres), set destroy Russia as a country. was soggy from steady rain that downing 38 hotdogs in 10 minutes. function sent some of the spec- Attack File. That won’t deter in 1989 by Jack Dietz of Chicago, Russia’s military top brass had stopped by the time the On the US West Coast, which tacular explosives into the crowd some from the surf, said shark organizers said. REUTERS have focused on Nato’s presence in eastern Europe, which they see as the greatest threat to the country’s security. However Putin has also reached Ukraine tackles out to Obama to discuss the threat NSA targeted top Brazilian German anti-euro party of terrorism, notably from the graft with new Islamic State group. The Russian leader had tasked Foreign Minister officials: WikiLeaks police force elects hard right leader Sergei Lavrov with discussing a joint anti-terrorism strategy with BRASÍLIA: Aside from listening relations between America and KIEV: Some 2,000 young, ESSEN: Germany’s anti- talks with the anti-Islam, anti- US Secretary of State John Kerry. in on Brazilian President Dilma Brazil, prompting Rousseff to can- athletic, US-trained euro party, the Alternative immigration PEGIDA movement, AFP Rousseff’s phone calls, US spies cel a state visit to Washington in an Ukrainians yesterday for Germany (AfD), elected a said she wanted to address all also targeted top political and embarrassment for President Barack swore oaths to enforce the new leader from the group’s issues “without taboos” that are financial officials, according to new Obama. law — and resist the temp- right wing yesterday to replace of concern to citizens, including Migrants disrupt information released by WikiLeaks Rousseff did finally visit the United tation to take bribes — at founder and frontman, Bernd immigration. yesterday. States this week, but the new spying the launch of a new police Lucke, after a months-long She drew particular applause cross-channel The whistle-blowing website pub- revelations did not emerge until just service in Kiev to replace a power struggle. with remarks about “massive lished a National Security Agency after her return. notoriously corrupt force. Frauke Petry, who heads a integration problems linked to tunnel services list of 29 Brazilian government “Some things have changed... I Hands on their hearts, national conservative faction within the fact that a religion like Islam LONDON: Dozens of migrants phone numbers that the American believe President Obama,” she said the new recruits assem- the fledgling AfD, won a clear major- conveys a vision of the state that trying to stow away on vehicles spy group monitored. during her recent visit when asked bled on a central square ity at a two-day party congress in is totally foreign to that which we crossing the Channel by tunnel “The publication proves that not about assurances that the United sang the national anthem, the western city of Essen, which know in Europe”. between France and England only President Dilma Rousseff was States would no longer spy on lead- watched by President gathered about 3,500 members. After it was founded in early broke through perimeter fences targeted but also her assistant, her ers in allied countries. Petro Poroshenko, Some 60 percent of delegates 2013, the AfD’s main battle cry at Calais overnight, temporar- secretary, her chief of staff, her pal- According to a story on The Prime Minister Arseniy backed Petry, whose faction has was for an orderly dissolution ily halting traffic, a Eurotunnel ace office and even the phone in her Intercept website, which first Yatsenyuk, Kiev mayor been battling Lucke, the AfD’s of the euro and a return to the spokesman said yesterday. presidential jet,” WikiLeaks said. reported the WikiLeaks data, the Vitali Klitschko and the economic neo-liberal leader for deutschmark after the financial The disruption was the latest “Even on her official travels, eavesdropping apparently began US ambassador to Ukraine months, and criticises him for turbulence that nearly brought in a series of incidents involving President Rousseff is not safe from in early 2011 or even earlier. The Geoffrey Pyatt. focusing too much on European the eurozone to its knees. some 3,000 migrants, mostly from interception,” the group added. Intercept said there was no indica- Stamping out graft policy. “We must end the confron- It came close to entering the Africa and the Middle East, who Publication of the list sheds new tion the surveillance had stopped. among the police has been tations,” Petry told the congress, German parliament in 2013. Last are camped around the northern light on the spying scandal that The NSA did not respond to ques- a key priority of Ukraine’s winning a standing ovation from year it won seats in the European French port in the hope of reach- first erupted in 2013 and damaged tions from the website. AFP new pro-Western govern- many delegates after her victory. Parliament, followed by representa- ing Britain. ment. “Believe me, your “It’s not a victory of con- tion in five German state assemblies, Both freight and passenger job will be no easier than servatives over liberals. It’s only after it sought to widen its appeal services were temporarily halted that of soldiers in the together that we are strong and by incorporating populist positions during the night but are now Donbass,” Poroshenko told it’s together that we can change on law and order, immigration and running normally, although with the recruits. politics,” she added. traditional social values. some delays due to the backlog, AFP Petry, 40, who has supported AFP he added. AFP

Royals prepare for Princess Charlotte’s christening

LONDON: Britain’s royal family was gearing up yes- terday for the christening of Princess Charlotte, when the public will have their second chance to glimpse the baby daughter of Prince William and his wife Kate. The two-month-old will be christened today in a low-key ceremony in a church on her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s country estate of Sandringham in Norfolk, eastern England. Guests at the christening will include the 89-year-old Queen and her husband Prince Philip, William’s father Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, plus Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton. William and Kate’s first child, Prince George, who has his second birthday on July 22, will also be present to see his sis- ter being christened with water flown in from the River Jordan. But William’s brother Prince Harry will not be present as he is on a three-month trip to Africa working on conservation projects. While the ceremony, conducted by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is private, members of the public will be allowed to stand outside the church to see the royals going in and out. Mexico recovers stolen US visas MEXICO CITY: Mexican police have recovered more than 9,000 US travel visas that were stolen last month in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, officials said. Officers found on Thursday boxes containing 9,382 visas inside a sport-utility vehicle with Texas licence plates that had been abandoned in a shop- ping centre parking lot in the city of Matamoros. A truck carrying the documents was stolen on June 7 in another border city, Reynosa, which, like Matamoros, is a bastion of the Gulf drug cartel. Tamaulipas state prosecutor Ismael Quintanilla Acosta told Milenio tel- evision that 12,600 visas had been stolen. AFP SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Hospital accounts Philippine ferry owner booked for murder for 50 percent Crew also charged for 59 passenger deaths of MERS cases SEOUL: Another doctor at a MANILA: Philippine police The police investigation is sepa- Survivors reported seeing up major hospital that has been the have filed murder charges rate from a coast guard inquiry, to 150 sacks of cement and more epicentre of MERS outbreak in against the owner and crew of which will primarily determine of rice and fertiliser in the ship’s Seoul has contracted the deadly a passenger ferry that capsized the cause of the mishap. cargo area before it capsized in virus, the government said killing 59 people, an official said However, the coast guard may relatively calm seas, he said. yesterday. yesterday. also recommend criminal and “The ship might not be too The 25-year-old female doctor The charges were filed late administrative charges. overloaded in terms of passen- at Samsung Medical Centre has on Friday in the central city “We filed the charges as soon as gers, but imagine the weight of become the 185th person infected of Ormoc over the sinking of we could because we don’t want its cargo,” councillor Ebcas said. with the virus in South Korea. the Kim Nirvana ship, the suspects to leave the country,” Each sack of rice, cement and The country’s first case was according to regional police chief Dolina said. fertiliser weighs 50 kilos (110 diagnosed on May 20 in the Asher Dolina. The death toll stood at 59, pounds), and 150 sacks would largest outbreak of Middle East An initial police investiga- transportation secretary Joseph easily add 7,500 kilos to the ship’s Respiratory Syndrome outside tion and interviews with sur- Emilio Abaya told ANC television load, excluding passengers, he Saudi Arabia, the health minis- vivors indicated the vessel yesterday. said. try said. abruptly turned in waters off the This toll was higher than Passengers on the ferry’s route The hospital operated by the central port of Ormoc on last the 45 reported by the coast from Ormoc to the Camotes powerful Samsung business group Thursday, causing it to capsize, guard, which was based on islands regularly bring supplies now accounts for 90 out of 185 Dolina said. the ship’s passenger list. The from the city to their remote fish- confirmed cases. “They were not careful, show- coast guard and other reports ing villages. Two nurses were confirmed to ing there was an intent to kill. have put the number of survivors Search operations with rescue be the 183rd and 184th patients. They were reckless on purpose,” at 142. divers were stopped on Friday Alarmed, health authorities Dolina said. The coast guard earlier said before the ship was lifted to port’s immediately ordered 12 of 15 A total of nineteen people were the 33-tonne ship could carry 194 berthing area. patients being treated at the hos- charged, including ship operator people including 178 passengers Bloated bodies spilled out of the pital to be transferred to other Joge Bong Zarco, captain Warren and 16 crew, but according to the Kim Nirvana’s wooden hull as a facilities. Oliviero, and all 17 crew members, casualty count of Ormoc’s city crane lifted it from the water and The Samsung Medical Centre according to Dolina. council, the ship was carrying at placed it on Ormoc port, Ebcas facilities have been shut down, All members of crew survived least 198. said. except for those reserved for the and are now in police custody. Overloading of cargo and pas- Poorly-maintained, loosely- 15 MERS patients. The death toll Under Philippine law, murder sengers might have been to blame regulated ferries form the back- A foreign national was among those rescued from the Kim Nirvana ship remains unchanged at 33 with no is punishable by up to 40 years for the disaster, Ormoc city coun- bone of maritime travel in the fatalities reported over the past that capsized near the central city of Ormoc last Thursday. imprisonment. cillor Godiardo Ebcas said. Philippines. AFP four days. AFP

S Korean officer South Africa to probe murder arrested for JOHANNESBURG: The leaders, meeting in and killing one officer. Southern African leaders Pretoria, “decided, as a matter Thabane described the violence spying for China ordered a regional probe into of urgency, to establish an as a coup attempt, though both the murder last week of independent commission of his political opponents and the SEOUL: A South Korean navy Lesotho’s former army chief, inquiry into the circumstances military denied any bid to seize officer was arrested for leak- an incident that has plunged surrounding the death of power. SADC instructed both ing military secrets to China, the kingdom into fresh security Brigadier Mahao,” they said in a Mahao and Kamoli to leave the a defence ministry spokesman crisis. statement. country in the run-up to a snap said yesterday. Leaders and representatives The investigators will be drawn election in February, which A lieutenant commander with from six member states of the from select countries in the brought a new coalition gov- the Defense Security Command Southern African Development 15-member SADC grouping. ernment to power headed by (DSC) faces charges that he Community (SADC) resolved to South Africa’s President Jacob Thabane’s predecessor, Pakalitha handed over classified data to a send investigators to the tiny Zuma, who is head of the regional Mosisili. suspected Chinese agent while mountain nation after emergency bloc’s security committee, said the Kamoli was reinstated as army studying in China from 2009 to talks over the crisis sparked by the killing of the army ex-commander chief after the election. 2012 for money. killing of Brigadier Maaparankoe had thrown the kingdom into a Completely landlocked by Last month, two officials of the Mahao. “serious security crisis”. South Africa, Lesotho is one of DSC were sentenced to six years Mahao, who was aligned with Meanwhile, summit also urged the world’s poorest countries and four years in prison respec- former prime minister Thomas the Lesotho government to and is no stranger to political tively for passing classified infor- Thabane, was shot and killed late “urgently” undertake constitu- upheaval. The SADC leaders also mation to arms dealers. last week, reportedly by a group tional and security reforms. created a special panel that would The incidents have dealt a of soldiers. His killing comes two Last August, Thabane fired act as early warning mechanism blow to the Defense Security months after Thabane -- now then army chief Tlali Kamoli, to watch out for signs of Command, whose tasks include head of the opposition -- fled replacing him with Mahao. The instability and intervene the prevention of espionage and Lesotho, claiming he was the tar- next day soldiers attacked police appropriately. the establishment of discipline get of an assassination plot. headquarters, looting weapons AFP within the military. AFP

Soldiers salute from the M60A3 tanks during the 70th Anniversary of the WWII at the Huko military base in northern Hsinchu, yesterday. Japan’s $6.1bn aid to ‘Mekong Five’

TOKYO: Japan yesterday Taiwan’s parade marks pledged $6.1bn in financial aid to the “Mekong Five” coun- tries as it pushes infrastructure Japan’s WWII defeat exports and courts influence in a region where rival China has HSINCHU: War veter- Mao Zedong’s communist forces. an increasing presence. ans gathered yesterday for But the plans sparked criticism Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Taiwan’s first military parade from the radical anti-China oppo- unveiled the pledge at a sum- to mark the 70th anniversary sition Taiwan Solidarity Union, mit with his counterparts from of the defeat of Japan in World which urged the government to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, War II, as the island vies with do more to support the military Thailand and Vietnam -- fast- China over the history of the in practical terms rather than growing economies through which conflict. organise memorial events. the lower section of the Mekong Jet fighters and attack helicop- Hsu Ming-teh, a former navy river flows. ters were among aircraft that flew officer wearing a dark blue uni- “Japan will implement support past in formation as President form decorated with a belatedly worth around 750bn yen ($6.1bn) Ma Ying-jeou spoke to the thou- awarded national medal, was in official development assistance sands gathered in the northern among more than 130 veterans for the next three years,” Abe told Hsinchu county on the nationalist at the ceremony. a news conference following the Kuomintang government’s role in “I’m really happy,” he said, but seventh annual Japan-Mekong the conflict. added, “this would have been bet- summit. The crowd applauded as jeeps ter if it were held 20 years ago, or “The Mekong region, which has carrying more than 20 veterans, half a century since the victory vast demand for infrastructure, is displaying victory signs, paraded against Japan.” one of our most important areas,” alongside trucks carrying ground A fleet of 64 jet fighters, attack Abe said. troops and missiles, as well as helicopters and utility aircraft “Japan will contribute to infra- tanks. flew low over the Hukou base structure development of the “There was only one truth: while two newly-acquired Apache region in both quality and quan- the war battling Japan was attack helicopters swooped and tity,” he added. “The Mekong mostly conducted by the govern- looped. region and Japan are partners Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laos’ Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister ment of the Republic of China Japan’s de facto ambassador that will develop together.” Shinzo Abe, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Vietnamese Prime Minister (Taiwan’s official title), thanks to to Taipei was absent from the It was not immediately clear if Nguyen Tan Dung prior to the seventh Mekong-Japan Summit meeting in Tokyo yesterday. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,” military event. Sources familiar the pledge included previously- Ma said. with the matter said the envoy earmarked Japanese financial offer loans to cover part of the Myanmar that Beijing’s strategic Japan is keen to be seen as the “This must not be distorted declined to attend while claiming assistance, or whether it was cost, the newspaper said. partnership with the 10-member benevolent giant in the region and tampered. We do not want to he had not received the invitation made up entirely of newly-allo- Abe has upped efforts to sell Association of Southeast Asian and has worked hard to burnish a boast about the victory, but rather from the Taiwanese government. cated funds. highways, train systems and Nations (ASEAN) grouping reputation as the nation bold we want to prevent war... Only in The Kuomintang government “The Mekong region is the power plants around the world, a was entering a “diamond decade enough to push back against this way can we learn the lesson fled the mainland for Taiwan most dynamic economic centre, key element in his bid to bolster leading to broader and deeper China in territorial and other from history.” after their troops were crushed but there still is room for huge the economy and Japan’s stand- cooperation”. disputes. Japan invaded China in 1937 by the Chinese communist forces growth,” Thai Prime Minister ing abroad. Then in March, Foreign Siding with Tokyo and Hanoi, and the two countries fought a in 1949, at the end of a civil war Prayut Chan-O-Cha told the news Beijing’s growing financial Minister Wang Yi said China the participants jointly expressed full-scale war until Japan was in China. conference. muscle, as well as its increasing hoped to boost trade with ASEAN “concerns” over the territorial defeated in 1945, during which 3.2 Since Ma of the Kuomintang The Nikkei business daily said willingness to throw its diplo- countries to $500bn this year and disputes involving Beijing, saying million Kuomintang soldiers died, came to power on the island in last Friday that three Japanese matic weight around, have added $1tn in 2020. in a statement that they “will fur- according to Taiwanese govern- 2008 with the promise of beefing companies had secured an order urgency to Japan’s efforts to step In a bid to counter the Chinese ther complicate the situation and ment figures. up trade and tourism links, China worth over 32bn baht ($947m) to the engagement in the battle for move, Abe in May announced a erode trust and confidence and Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang has admitted the party contrib- equip a railway linking Bangkok regional sway. $110bn investment plan for infra- may undermine regional peace, party fears Beijing is trying to uted in the fight. with nearby suburbs. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang structure projects in Asia, includ- security and stability.” give full credit for the victory to AFP The Japanese government will said in November at a summit in ing in the “Mekong Five” states. AFP SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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n 2011, an act by a young fruit-seller thrust Tunisia into the international limelight. Enraged by police action against him doing business on a cart in the street, Ithe disenchanted youth set himself on fire and died. This changed the course of history in the Arab region as a US Supreme Court swings in whole. Tunisia became the cradle of a number of uprisings — collectively called the Arab Spring — from Egypt to Syria. Four years hence, Tunisia is again under the spotlight — this time for an act by another youth who went on a killing favour of criminal defendants spree in a sea resort in the town of Sousse. Seifeddine Rezgui, a student, emptied his assault weapon on 38 tourists in the BY NEAL KATYAL bar to provide criminal defendants with how much private information is held hotel. better representation at the Supreme on those phones and gave defendants Since the beach killings a week ago, the country doesn’t or the past week, US’ attention Court, and the nation’s law firms and important protections despite the obvi- seem to have rested. The administration and troops have has been justifiably rivetted by clinics obliged. Now, suddenly, this term ous impact that such a ruling had on been on high alert with the government giving weapons Fthe Supreme Court’s momen- has produced a situation unparalleled in law- enforcement interests. to its tourism police. Yesterday, the government took the tous decisions on marriage equality recent years, with the court overwhelm- So deep was the shadow cast by the and health care. Yet for many court- ingly siding with criminal defendants, social issue cases this year that virtu- major decision of clamping an emergency in the country watchers, those two decisions were including in the big cases. ally no one paid attention to Johnson for a renewable period of 30 days. Addressing the nation on largely predictable. And they have over- In Elonis v United States, the court v United States, in which the court television, President Beji Caid Essebsi said that exceptional shadowed a more surprising story: the rejected a conviction for threats alleg- struck down a much-debated part of measures were needed to deal with the situation. He talked court’s massive swing toward defendants edly made on Facebook in the form of rap the Armed Career Criminal Act. The about preparedness of troops, proper training and the in criminal cases. Though hardly anyone lyrics; the justices said that a viewer’s court concluded that a provision of the adequacy of material means. The emergency comes a week appears to have noticed, the court sided reaction to the posts wasn’t enough to law that increased sentences for violent with federal criminal defendants in a justify a conviction in the case and that offenders was too vague because it didn’t after the massacre that was claimed by the Islamic State. whopping six of seven cases this term. the prosecution had to prove much more let people know which crimes were cov- The new measure would help the government deal with As the United States moves toward about a defendant’s criminal intent. ered. The court handed Johnson down the crisis-like situation that has virtually smothered the consensus on matters of marriage, it is In Yates v United States, the court minutes after the queer marriage North African nation at a time also coming together on the dangers of curbed a massive prosecutorial over- decision, with Justice Antonin Scalia when neighbouring Libya is overcriminalisation. reach, ruling that the Sarbanes-Oxley imploring the audience not to “go away.” burning due to an insurgency and For decades, Act was not violated when a fisherman In the past few years, the justices had An emergency law students have tossed undersized grouper overboard twice rejected the very constitutional imposed in the Islamic State threatens the been taught about in an effort to skirt federal commer- argument that Scalia led the court to stability of many a nation in the the excesses cial fishing regulations. In Henderson embrace in this case. Tunisia would region. In a decision of the Warren v United States, a unanimous court The one big win for prosecutors this The timing of the emergency with large court, which was reversed a lower court ruling that had term, Glossip v Gross, involved a state help authorities — a week after the incident — known for its pro- barred a man who could no longer pos- defendant where a 5-to-4 majority defendant rulings. sess firearms after pleading guilty to a upheld the use of a drug protocol for however, raises some questions. thwart more ramifications, Following Earl felony from transferring his weapons executions. But death, surely, is differ- It could have been done earlier the court sharply Warren’s resig- to a friend; the court determined that ent, and the fragmentation on the court terror attacks. and not as an afterthought, nation as chief such a transfer to a third party did not on this topic did not carry over into the which it now seems. This sends limited the use justice in 1969, violate federal law barring felons from other criminal cases. If anything, the the court, led by possessing guns. In another unanimous decision was remarkable for the fact an impression that Tunis doesn’t of dog sniffs at have a firm grip on the situation and officials are struggling Warren Burger case, McFadden v the United States, that Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth and later William the court held that defendants could not Bader Ginsburg said in dissenting that to get on top of the crisis. traffic stops, Rehnquist, be prosecuted for dealing “controlled the death penalty appears to be uncon- The government also sacked several officials including finding that reversed course. substance analogues” — drugs regulated stitutional in all cases. the governor of the Sousse region where the beach attack They steered the as equivalent to Schedule I or II drugs Something new is afoot in the took place. The emergency gives authorities special powers they violated court toward “law — unless it could show that the person United States, and as with marriage, including raiding homes at any time of the day and banning and order” and had a very high level of criminal intent the Supreme Court is both leading the Fourth largely rejected and knew those drugs were illegal. and mirroring public opinion. In the public strikes. Under the new measures, the government can additional rights Those decisions about the reach of past year, numerous Republicans and also keep a close watch on the media. Amendment. for criminal criminal law came on top of big changes Democrats in Congress have joined The government has admitted that the police response to defendants while in criminal procedure. In a decision with hands in an effort to cut mandatory the shootings on the hotel beach was delayed. The emergency legislatures were enacting ever-harsher large ramifications, the court sharply minimum sentences, restrict the use is likely to give the government some leeway in dealing with punishments. As the courts and elected limited the use of dog sniffs at traffic of solitary confinement and combat terror groups or planned attacks, if any, within the country. officials pushed in the same direction, stops, finding that they violated the overcriminalisation in other important the nation’s prison population ballooned Fourth Amendment. This decision ways. Often the court’s greatest impact It would lead to troops working with more authority that can from 196,007 in 1969 to 1,446,269 in 2005. followed the court’s unanimous Riley is felt by one of the least visible parts lead to higher morale in their ranks. Now we’re a decade into the court v California decision last year, which of our population: criminal defendants. However, the government should see that the emergency of Chief Justice John Roberts. Its first barred police from searching smart- Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion in doesn’t violate the rights of the common, and the freedom years were marked by caution in this phones when they arrest someone the marriage case rightly reminded us Tunisians got after the uprising against a despotic regime area, an approach that echoed the without a warrant. That ruling has been of the words inscribed on the front of should not be compromised• views of the nation. But from the start, called the Brown v Board of Education the court, “Equal justice under law.” Roberts gave speeches imploring the of privacy. The justices recognised just WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of End of Khyber-II the day N the first anniversary of the over the militants in terms of reclaiming Afghanistan — though the unreclaimed and inhospitable terrain while simul- ongoing Operation Zarb-i- the Tirah region was always clear. valleys of one of the three passes can, taneously guarding against hardened Azb on June 15, the military However, there has been a high cost, according to the military, be controlled militants slipping in under the cover of wrapped up Operation not least in terms of the more than 50 by aerial firepower because the military extreme temperatures. Vital as it has OKhyber-II in the Tirah region. Launched dead soldiers and over 100 injured. Yet, now occupies the peaks over them. been to reclaim the Tirah region, it in March, after the military cleared much with the army chief in North Waziristan This means two things. One, Operation was clearly left to the last because of of the Bara plain in Operation Khyber-I, yesterday and the military preparing Khyber-II may require another phase for the challenge it posed, unlike the Bara He (Putin) is not this follow-on operation in Khyber for what is expected to be one of the the total recapture of Tirah. Two, the plains which were relatively easier to an easy man ... But Agency was meant to clear the fierce toughest fights there in the Shawal military may apparently be forced into secure in Khyber-I. Tirah terrain consisting of deep valleys region, loss of life in military operations the continued use of air strikes in the From this point onwards, the post- I don’t think there and high mountains. is the high price the country sadly must Rajgal and Kachkol valleys to prevent operation challenge is a familiar one: is any substitute The principal threat in the Tirah region pay for the state to once again reassert the movement of militants until winter. the military can hold and secure ter- came from the TTP; the Mangal Bagh- its control in the militancy-hit regions. At that point, with the onset of the rain, but it will only ever return to some other than constant led Lashkar-i-Islam; a breakaway TTP It should be noted that Operation cold season, a new challenge will semblance of long-term normality if the engagement. faction, the Jamaatul Ahrar; and sundry Khyber-II has not resulted in actual emerge if the valleys have not been civil administration is allowed to func- foreign militants. That the military, with its physical control by the military of taken over by the military by then — tion — and if the civilians show some Hillary Clinton superior power, would eventually prevail all three passes from Tirah into ensuring a military presence in tough ownership of the project. DAWN Ex-US Secretary of State SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Five myths about US Founding Fathers

day, far from polite. Madison later We imagine the American war for aligned himself with Jefferson and James Monroe in the opposition independence as a straight-ahead Democratic-Republican Party, moving away from Federalists Washington and Hamilton. clash between patriot colonists and Madison was right about “vio- lent conflicts,” though: Jefferson British soldiers. But the patriots ally Aaron Burr so reviled Hamilton (their enmity was both personal and political) that Burr themselves were British, and they challenged Hamilton to, then killed him in, a duel. The found- were deeply divided about war with ers might have ballyhooed parti- sanship — as our leaders do today — but they were just as guilty, if their mother country. not more so, of partisan fighting. BY NEWT GINGRICH Address that “of all the disposi- 5. They thought the tions and habits which lead to Constitution would “evolve.” rom Athens and Rome to political prosperity, religion and “The provisions of the the present day, all great morality are indispensable sup- Constitution are not mathemati- societies have founding ports.” And Alexander Hamilton cal formulas,” Justice Oliver Fmyths — stories they wrote, “The politician who loves Wendell Holmes said. “. . . They tell themselves about who they liberty . . . knows that moral- are organic, living institutions.” are and where they came from. ity overthrown (and morality His words prefigured Woodrow Perhaps because the United States must fall with religion), the ter- Wilson’s “living” constitution- is younger than most nations (239 rors of despotism can alone curb alism — the notion that the years old on Saturday), our found- the impetuous passions of man.” Constitution evolves over time. ing is among the best-documented. Hardly the words of men seeking Even Justice Anthony Kennedy, We’re fortunate to have thousands to drive faith from public life. writing last month’s Supreme of pages of letters, speeches and The modern notion that moral- A re-enactor playing Benjamin Franklin reads the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives in Court decision legalising queer other writings from our found- ity and religion can be disentan- Washington, DC, yesterday. marriage, claimed that the ers, recording their thoughts and gled from the republic would founders “entrusted to future debates as they played out. It’s a have been alien to our founders. generations a charter protecting sign of how politically powerful They inscribed their belief in the when the Continental Congress running for president, attempted of America’s first military excur- the right of all persons to enjoy and historically important the opening lines of the Declaration voted for independence on July to rebrand his isolationist foreign sions abroad. liberty as we learn its meaning. American founding was — and of Independence, writing that 2, the vote was unanimous — 12 policy stance — a call for America 4. They were above When new insight reveals dis- still is — that deeply rooted myths “all men are created equal” and states in favour, none opposed. to withdraw from its traditional partisanship. cord between the Constitution’s persist today. As we celebrate “endowed by their creator with But then again, the entire New role as a global power — by declar- In 2004, USA Today’s Chuck central protections and a received Independence Day, here are a few certain unalienable rights,” York delegation abstained because ing that he advocated “the same Raasch wrote, “So much for the legal stricture, a claim to liberty of the biggest myths about the appealing explicitly to God as the its members were unsure of the foreign policy the Founding vision of the founders,” lamenting must be addressed.” Founding Fathers. source of the document’s — and will of their constituents. (The Fathers would.” the machinations of party politics But while there’s no question the new government’s — very state’s merchant class was espe- But the founders weren’t iso- on display during that year’s pres- the framers believed that the 1. They wanted a secular legitimacy. cially ambivalent about the revo- lationists. Washington counselled idential race. This past week, ABC Constitution could be changed nation. To be sure, there was room in lutionary cause.) that “it is our true policy to steer News’ Matthew Dowd invoked the — through the amendment proc- According to the ACLU’s web- this philosophy for people of all Even after the Declaration of clear of permanent alliances founders while calling for “politics ess they carefully outlined — an site, the Founding Fathers “knew faiths. But to assert today that Independence, writes historian with any portion of the foreign that puts country first and not evolving document wasn’t what the best way to protect religious our founders left no space in the Robert Calhoon, following an world” — a passage often cited party.” Who, after all, could argue they had in mind. “Our pecu- liberty was to keep the govern- public sphere for God does a dis- initial swell of support, no more by those looking to pull back with putting country first? liar security,” Jefferson wrote in ment out of religion.” And accord- service to history. They demanded than 45 percent of the population America’s drawbridges. But he Indeed, John Adams and James 1803, “is in possession of a written ing to About.com’s Austin Cline, tolerance, not secularism. actively participated in the war was responding particularly to Madison professed disdain for Constitution. Let us not make it Thomas Jefferson’s 1802 letter to effort. Historians estimate that the expiration of our 1778 treaty partisanship. Adams said parties a blank paper by construction.” the Danbury Baptists, describ- 2. They unanimously sup- a fifth of the colonial population with France, not arguing that were “the greatest political evil Washington affirmed that the ing “a wall of separation between ported the Revolutionary War. openly opposed the patriots during America should withdraw from under our Constitution.” Madison Constitution was unchanging Church & State,” was merely a We imagine our war for inde- the war. Which explains why the world affairs. In fact, Washington warned in “The Federalist No 10” “till changed by an explicit and “mild expression” of Jefferson’s pendence as a straight-ahead fable about Paul Revere shouting and the Continental Congress had that “so strong is this propensity authentic act of the whole people.” — and other founders’ — desire clash between patriot colonists “The British are coming!” on his previously pleaded — through of mankind to fall into mutual ani- “If in the opinion of the peo- to achieve freedom from religion, and British soldiers. But the midnight ride could never have Benjamin Franklin, the American mosities, that where no substan- ple,” he added, “the distribution not just freedom of religion. patriots themselves were British, happened. He was on a covert mis- ambassador — for then-Bourbon tial occasion presents itself, the or modification of the constitu- Not so. and they were deeply divided sion and couldn’t know who among France to intervene on behalf most frivolous and fanciful distinc- tional powers be in any particular Jefferson asked: “Can the liber- about war with their mother the population was a patriot and of the colonists during the tions have been sufficient to kin- wrong, let it be corrected by an ties of a nation be thought secure country. who was a royalist. (And since the Revolutionary War. dle their unfriendly passions and amendment in the way which the when we have removed their only As late as July 1, 1776, John colonists thought of themselves Jefferson’s entreaty, in his first excite their most violent conflicts.” Constitution designates. But let firm basis, a conviction in the Dickinson, the Founding Father as British at the time, the phrase inaugural address, to seek “peace, But Madison wrote this as a there be no change by usurpation; minds of the people that these who had written the “Declaration would have baffled them.) commerce, and honest friend- leader of one distinct faction, the for though this in one instance liberties are the gift of God?” of the Causes and Necessity of ship with all nations, entangling Federalists, who argued vocifer- may be the instrument of good, it George Washington thought reli- Taking Up Arms” with Jefferson 3. The founders were alliances with none” is another ously in favour of constitutional is the customary weapon by which gion essential to curbing the influ- the year before, was still argu- isolationists. favourite of today’s isolationists. ratification while their anti-Fed- free governments are destroyed.” ence of despots and providing a ing “against the Independence of In a widely read 2007 But it was he who launched the eralist opponents, among them Gingrich is a former speaker of higher authority for the rule of these Colonies” in hopes of a pos- Manchester Union-Leader op-ed, Barbary Wars to secure free mar- Patrick Henry, attacked their the US House of Representatives. law, proclaiming in his Farewell sible reconciliation. It’s true that then-Rep Ron Paul, R-Texas, itime passage for commerce, one ideas in terms that were, for their WP-BLOOMBERG Dynamics of terrorism and violence in Arab region The Islamic State emerged as a reac- collective identity. influence, and organisation, then the and many Jihadist movements. It didn’t tion to the oppression that Syrians and At the same time, the revolution also whole situation would have been differ- decline or back away because a certain Iraqis lived under for years. ISIS fights managed to push this entity forward to ent and matters would have been settled. political system wants to destroy its for holding its ground now and won’t let establish an independent vision from the This is because violence was trans- political and security plans. go of easily. This group is the heir of Al international community. formed to be a political project that It is expanding since it stands as a Qaeda, as it follows the same strategy This started an Iranian rejection front is more systemised, strong, and clear. political and social identity, which is in regarding the conflict that will even- of America policy and Israeli occupation. Moreover, the emergence of Hezbollah the structuring phase. tually end up with a western military Doing that, the Khomeini’s revolution became a centre of strength that Shias The Syrian situation and the regime’s intervention. succeeded to re-interpret and define who in Lebanon were longing for after years policy in Syria, like in Iraq, awakened the Any attempt to destroy ISIS despite is a Shia within a new framework, with- of being marginalised. The same thing deepest fears of the Sunni bloc. its bloody strategy, due to lack of just out distinguishing between who is reli- happened with other Muslim sects in dif- If we look back at history, we will find solutions for the Iraqi and Syrian crises, gious and who is not based on the Jaafari ferent places. out that any phenomenon isolated from is considered by many a big victory for doctrine; what was important is to follow Coming to Sunni Muslims, who are in violence will not last for ages without Bashar Al Assad’s regime and the Iranian the same school of thought. the majority in the Middle East, you will being subject to explosion. Based on all expansion in Iraq. What was more imperative for Iran find that they suffer from injustice and the events, those who follow the situation As a result of this argument, ISIS will and the aim of its revolution was to shift marginalisation. At the moment, Sunnis should dig deeper and study the different succeed in bringing more volunteers to the Shia cause to a better and firmer feel powerless since they haven’t awak- identities and their revivals in our region. join its ranks, not because they adore its ground. ened from their long sleep. Their identity If the religious identity specifically is BY SHAFIQ ZAFER AL GHABRA bloody policy but because they are afraid The peak of Shia violence was reached has been defaced in the Middle East and mixed with any degree of marginalisa- of Assad’s regime, rejecting the Western in the 1980s. That was witnessed in a they didn’t play any historical role under tion, neglect, tyranny and political exclu- he belief that the Islamic State and American intervention, and sup- series of explosions, kidnapping of indi- the occupation and openness policies. sion, it will potentially explode in a way (ISIS) is going to disappear or its porting the Sunni majority in both Syria viduals, journalists and aircraft hijack- The defeat of Arab nationalism and the that is equivalent to double that of any Tmembers are going to invade the and Iraq. ings. The United States waged a war on Nasserites, besides the failure of many social class. Identity is going forward and Gulf is an exaggeration. This is the core of the problem that terror at that time, especially after the countries’ projects and their inability to it will not regress to its past position The speech given by the US Defence shifting the process of destroying ISIS explosion that targeted its embassies and face Israel made the situation even worse. without finding a humanitarian, political Ministry in Kuwait some days ago is also into an impossible action to be executed offices in Beirut and other cities. Sunnis in Syria are facing systematic and serious solution. In his valuable book a contribution to this overstated propa- unless there will be a way for destroying US considered terrorism in our region exclusion. In Iraq, this sectarian issue led “The Killing Identities”, Amin Maalouf, ganda. Let’s assume that Baghdad man- the Iraqi Shia militias that have the same with its Shia touch as the most dangerous to the establishment of the Baath party confirmed that identities are resorting ages to control Mosul once again with mindset as ISIS. They are responsible for phenomenon for its security. Additionally, that already lost its authority. Sunnis in in historical moments to killing, and how the help of air support from American, many inhuman actions and ethnic cleans- in the 1980s, US resorted to forming coa- Arab countries are part of many Islamist, they are neglected and persecuted, where international and Gulf forces, will this ing raids and are no different than ISIS litions with the Sunni regimes, those who Jihadist, and nationalist movements. their languages, characters, and status prevent an explosion that is similar to the in that respect. sometimes are categorised as “Jihadists” Sunni identity is scattered as it are buried. one that led to the fall of Mosul? The Sunni Muslims are passing like in the case of Afghanistan fighting searches for a power of its own. It looks Arab radicalisation is increasing, some How will these forces be able to through the same process that the Shias the Soviet Union. The US also backed weak while looking for a position that it will be extremely radical like the case of regain control over Mosul that became witnessed in the 1970s and 1980s. The Saddam Hussein’s regime in his war could not reach till this day. Also, Sunni ISIS, and others will resort to revolu- an extremely insecure city, a centre of Islamic revival with a Shia version began against Iran from 1980 to 1988. identity is revolutionary demanding tion like the Arab Spring revolts. As for sectarian strife before it is turned into a with the Islamic Revolution in Iran and But the US did not see that the terror expansion, but it could not find a way to the peaceful reformers who promote new political focal point? its huge success at that time. and violence in our region is not linked do so until now. schools of thought, they are in prisons War on terror that all countries are This revolution managed to transform to a specific doctrine or religion. This was This identity with all its problems and and their chances are fading away. The calling for didn’t even begin as the root a significant segment of Shias from being also mentioned on Graham Fuller’s page, contradictions is about to explode as it lack of leading political initiatives and cause behind the violence hasn’t been a scattered marginalised entity into last February 22. happened with other identities in the meeting people’s promises will lead to addressed yet. What is happening in a united body that works for different As the historical rationale says, vio- past. Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Osama bin an explosion in the region. In the near Iraq at the moment is a civil war, and parties: Nationalist, Baathist, communist lence emerges within few minutes but Laden, Al Zawahiri, and other Jihadists future, violence is going to continue and, the military intervention is just a way to and leftist. They all have a religious com- it lasts for ages. But if the violent phe- are just a reflection of this explosion. most probably, increase. worsen it, stretching its timeframe, and mitment, one strategy that links them nomenon, as it happened for the Shias, The Sunni revolutionary status The writer is academician and political making it bloodier. to their Shia sect, which stands as their transitioned to a stage of power, control, includes the Salafis, Muslim Brotherhood, analyst. SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Afghans harvest wheat $2.2bn drug haul in six months in Pakistan Anti-Narcotics Force seizures on Afghan drug routes

ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The ANF are brought from Afghanistan Force has seized 89 tons of nar- sources said that opium is locally and are dumped in Balochistan cotics worth over $2.2bn being sold at Rs45,576/kg while in the from where these are transported smuggled from Afghanistan to international market it is worth to the global markets in bits and the global markets via Pakistan $13,500/kg and at some places the parts. The major routes used are during the first six months of rate is as high as $30,000/kg. the sea routes via yachts and via the current year, data reveal. Similarly heroin’s value starts Iran to Turkey and Europe. There is no data of the amount/ from $64,230/kg as recorded According to the ANF data, volume of narcotics that could not by international agencies while only in the month of June 2015, be intercepted, however, accord- it goes up to around $100000- the seized drugs’ value crossed ing to estimates nearly 200 tons 150000/kg in some markets. Rs100bn as two major consign- of heroin worth $20bn globally is Hashish is available in global ments were intercepted on June smuggled through Pakistan each drugs market at $24,700/kg 20 and June 28. year. minimum while cocaine sells at In both cases the huge consign- During the past six months, the $50,125/kg in international drug ments were dumped in the hills ANF in 589 countrywide opera- markets. of Baluchistan’s far-flung areas tions seized 19409.64 kilograms of The sources disclosed that devoid of inhabitants. Opium (19.4 tons); 6374.687 kilo- most of the drugs that come into The value of the seized drugs grams of heroin; 62258.44 kg of Pakistan are from Helmand prov- is approximately Rs42.2bn in hashish; 543 kg of morphine and ince of Afghanistan. Pakistan is international market. Heroin 3.652 kg of cocaine. used as a transit from where the was stuffed in large number of Some 738 handlers/trans- drug dons transport narcotics to plastic sacks, which were hidden porters/carriers were appre- the Middle East, China, Australia, at a deserted site situated in the hended since January 2015. Americas, Africa and Europe. mountainous terrain far away Farmers harvest wheat on the outskirts of Herat, yesterday. Afghanistan’s economy has improved after Most of the consignments were The sources said that in most of from populated area. suffering decades of fighting. The number of attacks has increased after NATO troops partially withdrew, intercepted in Balochistan and the cases, drugs in huge quantity INTERNEWS disrupting agriculture in the country. Senator against US troops withdrawal Right To Information

KABUL: Influential Senator tribute to the 2,200 US troops But the current US administra- Central Asian fighters in their John McCain said yesterday killed there since the 2001 tion would like to see a total exit ranks, they recently captured Bill in next Pakistan the complete withdrawal of invasion. for its personnel over the next 15 the district headquarters of US troops from Afghanistan NATO’s combat mission for- months, a decision McCain said Chardarah, adjoining Kunduz by the end of 2016 would be a mally ended in December after required a “reassessment”. city, triggering fears the militants “serious mistake”, as stretched 13 years, but a small follow-up The Republican senator added would overrun their first provin- cabinet meeting local forces battle a resurgent foreign force named Resolute that the current security situation cial capital since 2001. Taliban. Support has stayed on. pointed to the need for “additional The militants also launched a ISLAMABAD: The Senate Muhammad Azam to monitor the “I think the most serious mis- US President Barack Obama US capabilities” as Afghan forces brazen assault on the Afghan par- Standing Committee on working and present a day to day take the US could make... would has backpedalled on plans incurred significant casualties liament in late June. Information and Broadcasting report of these violations within be to have a calendar-based with- to shrink the US force in with major cities under threat. And in a sign of the political of Pakistan was informed 15 days. drawal,” McCain told a press Afghanistan this year by nearly “There’s a long, long way to go,” malaise the government is fac- yesterday that the Right to Senator Rubina Khalid aired conference at the NATO head- half, agreeing to keep the current he said. ing in its attempts to improve Information (RTI) Bill would be concern over programming for quarters in Kabul. level of 9,800 US troops until the Fighting on multiple fronts and the country’s security situation, taken up by the federal cabinet children and said by not targeting “That would be a tragedy and end of 2015. The US troops are facing record casualties, Afghan Afghanistan’s parliament yester- in its next meeting. any children content the govern- in my view an opening for the mainly involved in training their forces totalling 350,000 are strug- day rejected Ghani’s nominee for The committee, in its meeting, ment was not investing anything Taliban to gain great success in Afghan counterparts, and make gling to rein in the militants defence minister for the second was told that the prime minister in the future of Pakistan. Afghanistan,” the chairman of the up the bulk of the 12,500-strong even as the government makes time. had asked the ministry in a letter On this, the committee asked powerful US Senate Committee foreign corps. repeated efforts to jump-start The crucial post has sat vacant to introduce the Bill in the next the Pemra to immediately issue on Armed Services added. President Ashraf Ghani peace negotiations. for months, reportedly due to dif- cabinet meeting, copies of which notices to the channels airing July 4 marks US Independence thanked the United States for The Taliban’s annual spring ferences between Ghani and his would be provided to the mem- content for children and also Day, and McCain used the visit its support after meeting with offensive has sent civilian and chief executive and former presi- bers before the meeting. asked for a report on the children to meet soldiers stationed in the McCain, in a statement released military casualties soaring. dential election rival, Abdullah The forum met at the content being aired. Afghan capital, while paying by the presidency. Bolstered by battle-hardened Abdullah. AFP Parliament House with Senator Ramadan transmission on Kamil Ali Agha in the chair. private TV channel was also The committee called the criticised by the members who prime minister’s letter a good ges- observed that there should be a ture but insisted on a firm com- limit to commercialism. mitment that the bill would ‘be The committee recommended PM Sharif to laid in the next cabinet meeting to the ministry that Pemra should Gwadar Port offered as transit hub come what may. advise the private channels to visit Norway Senator Farhatullah Babar increase the number of public KARACHI: Pakistan has pro- Therefore, Afghanistan was situation is not satisfactory, add- pointed out that the bill had been service messages and playing posed that landlocked Central allowed to use its trucks for com- ing that the ministry is trying ISLAMABAD: Pakistani PM facing delays for about two years national anthem should be made Asian countries may use its mercial logistics. The neighbour- to persuade local and foreign Nawaz Sharif will visit Norway now and the matter should be compulsory. Gwadar Port as transit hub to ing country will be provided with investors. on July 7 to participate in the expedited. The committee criticised explore trade opportunities in cargo train services from this He added that investment is Oslo Summit on Education for Taking notice of the percent- the playing of Indian songs in the Middle Eastern and African month. not coming to Karachi because Development. age of foreign content allowed by news bulletins, Indian celebrity markets, a minister said. Minister Khan said of the law and order situation. This will be the first official the Pemra rules, the committee endorsements in advertisements Minister for Commerce Afghanistan’s cargo clearance He said political stability visit by a Pakistani leader to expressed its dissatisfaction with and objected to the airing of Khurram Dastgir Khan, talk- takes only 48 hours, saying its is required for the economic Norway in over a decade. the actions the regulatory body excessive content. ing to media persons later this complaints regarding clearance stability. PM Sharif is expected to meet was taking to punish the violators. The Pemra acting chairman week, said the government offered delay have been addressed. Talking about decline in cotton the Education Summit and Acting Chairman Pemra was of opinion that the terms central Asian countries, includ- About the Federal Export and yarn prices, the minister said several world leaders during his Kamal-u-Din Tipu told the com- and conditions of contracts with ing Tajikistan and Turkmenistan Development Board, he said it economic growth in China and visit. mittee that 10 percent foreign private channels did not allow the to use Gwadar as transit port will soon be revived, adding that other countries receded, impact- Shaif is expected to hold content was allowed under the body to tell them what to air. This via land route through the Prime Minister will head the ing local yarn exports. delegation-level talks with his rules out of which 6 percent could statement, however, was rejected Afghanistan. board. On a question regarding wheat Norwegian counterpart and be Indian. by the committee. “Central Asian countries can He said the commerce minis- import, he said the wheat import also meet His Royal Highness He said whenever a violation The committee was also briefed use Gwadar as transit port,” try alone cannot increase exports is not banned, adding that how- Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince was noted by the body, notices about the working of PTV by its Khan said. Pakistan is focusing as it is a team work of various ever the grain import is being of Norway. were issued and fines taken from MD Muhammad Malick. He told on Central Asia and Far East Asia departments. “We want to give discouraged through rise in reg- Further, the premier’s visit the respective channels. the committee that steps were to increase its exports. maximum support to business- ulatory duty to provide relief to is expected to strengthen the The members of the commit- being taken to revive the PTV He said Gwadar will be con- men,” he added. local growers. existing ties between the two tee, however, were not satisfied Training Academy and make it nected to Afghanistan via The commerce minister He said billions of rupees countries. with the reply and asked the good enough for maximum use by Pakistan’s Chaman border said the draft of the three- defrauded by the corruption INTERNEWS Secretary Ministry of Information the employees. INTERNEWS through construction of roads. year strategic trade policy in the Trade Development He added that Pakistan needs framework is ready to be unveiled Authority of Pakistan have been Afghanistan’s route to have an soon. recovered. access to central Asian region. On investment, he said the INTERNEWS US owes $0.38m for airspace use

ISLAMABAD: The US Air with the American government adjustments with the US force Force owes Rs38m ($0.38m) through the diplomatic channel and the Rs38m could be adjusted to the Civil Aviation Authority and it would hopefully be resolved between them. Heatwave persists in Sindh, Balochistan (CAA) of Pakistan for using soon. Qamar asked the aviation sec- country’s airspace during the He said the US Air Force had retary to settle the decade-old Afghan war more than a decade used Pakistani airspace during audit observation after engaging ISLAMABAD: Blistering degree Celsius in the next two said this year Karachi and other ago. the Afghan war and American the defence secretary. The US temperatures will continue days. parts of Sindh and Balochistan Aviation Secretary Mohammad warplanes had used the space embassy’s spokesperson was not across parts of the country However, rains and thunder- were forecasted to receive below Ali Gardezi disclosed this before outside the air corridors. available for comments. till tonight only to be broken storms are expected at isolated normal monsoon rains. a subcommittee of the Public He said the CAA charged dou- Meanwhile, the aviation secre- when the first spell of monsoon places in Zhob, Kalat, Multan, After July 15 a new weather Accounts Committee (PAC). ble the normal amount for fly- tary informed the subcommittee showers hit the upper parts of Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur system is likely to develop which During the scrutiny of audit ing outside the corridors. An air that the Pakistan International Pakistan. divisions after evening in the next will eventually bring rainfall in paras of 2003-04, the auditors corridor is a designated region Airlines had to pay Rs36bn to the Over the next 48 hours, tem- 24 hours. Karachi, he said. raised objections that the CAA airspace that an aircraft must Civil Aviation Authority. peratures are expected to reach a Next, monsoon rains are Rasheed pointed out that over had failed to recover “outstand- remain in during its transit Gardezi said that during the maximum of 45-48 in the plains of expected to start in Upper the last few days the temperature ing dues of aeronautical charges”. through a region. 2003-04 audit of the CAA there the country. The areas expected Punjab, Azad Jummu and of Karachi had fallen to 33-35 They said the Civil Aviation “They never denied our claim were Rs11m outstanding against to be affected are Balochistan, Kashmir, Malakand Division from degree Celsius. This is expected to Authority could not recover dues but they did not pay the amount the PIA which now stood at Sindh and some parts of Punjab. Mondayonwards. This will also continue for a week along with a on account of landing and hous- either,” Gardezi said. “This issue Rs36bn. Meteorologist Rashid Bilal said help to bring the mercury down windy and partly cloudy weather. ing, route navigation and power is raised in almost all bilateral He said the CAA had requested that over the next two days large in other parts of the country. It is feared that the drought- supply charges, foreign travel tax meetings of the CAA officials with the Federal Board of Revenue not parts of the country will experi- Abdul Rasheed , focal person stricken areas of Sindh and and embarkation fee for 2002-03. their US counterparts.” to impose tax on the outstanding ence severe hot and dry weather. Met office Karachi said that in Balochistan will receive low Gardezi said the matter of The committee was informed amount, adding it had to pay bil- It is expected that the tempera- the week to come there are no rainfall which may aggravate the Rs38m outstanding against the that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) lions in taxes for the amount not ture in Islamabad will reach 40-41 chances of rain in the region. He drought situation. INTERNEWS US Air Force had been taken up off and on made some financial in its possession. INTERNEWS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Lalit claims hosting Devotional singing Rahul and Vadra Ex-IPL chief tweets pictures to back his allegations

NEW DELHI: Former IPL Gandhi and Vadra) had declared runup to clean cricket & politics; chief Lalit Modi has alleged it to the Congress leadership. going to see #ModiVsModi in next that Congress vice-president Modi, who has been described Election! #CongressMuktBharat.” Rahul Gandhi and his brother- as a “fugitive” by the Congress He has been tweeting regularly, in-law Robert Vadra were ben- and is wanted by the Enforcement often implying nothing more than eficiaries during his tenure as Directorate for alleged financial a meeting with political figures. IPL commissioner. impropriety, tweeted: “My Q to Earlier, Lalit Modi tweeted Congress sources, however, dis- #rahulgandhi and #robertvadra that he “bumped into” Congress missed the allegations and termed did you ever receive any hospi- president Sonia Gandhi’s daugh- them baseless. tality from @lalitkmodi - and ter Priyanka and her husband Congress leader Ajay Maken did u declare it to @INCIndia Robert Vadra in a London res- said Lalit Modi was trying to help #lalitgate.” taurant last year. the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress spokesperson Maken, He had also tweeted that Lalit Modi late Friday posted however, accused Lalit Modi of Congress leader Kapil Sibal had on Twitter a couple of his pictures trying to help the BJP through chatted over three days during a with Rahul Gandhi and Robert the pictures. “Chotta Modi is try- wedding in Istanbul. Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress ing to help Bada Modi by tweeting Lalit Modi’s links with External president Sonia Gandhi, in the images to help the ruling party,” Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj same frame. Maken said. and Rajasthan Chief Minister Modi tweeted: “I hope @ Posting the photographs, Lalit Vasundhara Raje have kicked Hindu devotees sing devotional songs during an evening ritual at a temple on the banks of a river in Orchha OfficeOfRG (office of Rahul Modi also said they were not off a political storm, with the in the state of Madhya Pradesh, yesterday. Gandhi) informed @INCIndia altered. Congress demanding their that he was a beneficiary of my Lalit Modi also tweeted in resignations. hospitality. He sat in my box.” response of a tweeter handler: Lalit Modi has continued his The picture, which appears “That will never happen I am belligerent attack on leaders to be from an IPL match, also not into politics. But a NGO next across party lines, dragging BJP has Bollywood actor Shah Rukh stop. And never Modi vs Modi. MP Varun Gandhi and Finance NCP supporters attack police Khan, his wife Gauri Khan and Modi vs Gandhi yes.” Minister Arun Jaitley as well as actress Deepika Padukone along He was asked by a twitter han- Congress MP Rajeev Shukla into with others. dler @karmritesh: “Support for the controversy. Modi also asked if they (Rahul @LalitKModi is growing in the IANS as lawmaker surrenders

SOLAPUR (MAHARA 28, Jadhav said. arrest them for rioting, damaging SHTRA): In a bizarre inci- On his part, Kadam issued public properties, attacking police dent, a Maharashtra lawmaker advertisements in the local and other charges. Hema Malini and thousands of his support- media and circulated messages Speaking to media persons, IM’s Bhatkal ‘dials’ IS ers attacked a police station in on social networking sites about Kadam denied that his support- Mohol town of Solapur district his decision to ’surrender’ which ers had attacked the police station discharged HYDERABAD: Indian exercise it twice a week for a yesterday afternoon. attracted hundreds of support- or stoned policemen. Mujahideen founder Yasin duration of five minutes. At least 13 policemen were ers joining the procession this “All this is instigated by the dis- from hospital Bhatkal, lodged in a prison He denied that the jail authori- injured in the resultant clashes, afternoon. trict collector Tukaram Munde here, called his wife and mother ties had provided mobile phone officials said. As they walked shouting anti- who is ’mentally deranged’ and a JAIPUR: Film actress and BJP 27 times and all his calls were facility to him. The officer said all According to a police official M police slogans, police attempted ’corrupt’ officer ... He had delib- MP Hema Malini was yester- recorded and analysed, a senior prisoners are allowed to speak to N Jadhav of Solapur Control, the to stop them with barricades, erately tried to frame me in this day discharged from a hospi- police official said yesterday. their family members over land- local Nationalist Congress Party but the activists started stoning matter,” Kadam alleged. tal where she was undergoing Bhatkal, an accused in line phone. The DIG was talk- (NCP) legislator Ramesh Kadam, police and the station house and Top police and civil adminis- treatment after a car crash in many terror attacks includ- ing to reporters amid reports in accompanied by more than 3,000 also knocked down the barricades. tration officials have rushed to which a two-year-old girl was ing Dilsukhnagar bomb blast a section of media that Bhatkal supporters, led a noisy procession, In the free-for-all, police Mohol, around 40 km from the killed, hospital officials said. on Hyderabad, is lodged in told his wife that he would be out to ’surrender’ at the Mohol police resorted to a minor cane charge district headquarters and the sit- She was admitted on last Cherlapally Jail. Deputy Inspector soon with help from Damascus, station. to disperse the agitated activists, uation was brought under control Thursday evening after she General (Prisons) Narasimha triggering fears that he may get The surrender was to pre-empt but at least 13 policemen sus- by yesterday evening. sustained injuries when her said Bhatkal was provided facil- help from Islamic State (IS). The his impending arrest after a sum- tained injuries due to the stone- Police were deployed in large Mercedes Benz car rammed into ity to speak to his family mem- National Investigation Agency mons was served on him for dam- throwing. Later, Kadam and numbers in the town to defuse the another car coming from the bers on the direction of a court (NIA) is reported to have inter- aging public properties near the around 15 of his supporters were tense situation and ward off any opposite direction, leaving a two- in February this year, and can cepted the conversation. IANS Pune-Solapur Highway on June detained and process was on to untoward incidents. IANS year-old child in that vehicle dead and four others injured. “She was discharged from the hospital at around 9.30 am,” said Prateem Tamboli, facility director of Fortis Escorts Hospital. Pawar had said no to She had laceration in parana- sal area and on forehead near the right eyebrow. Debridement and repair of lacerated wounds sur- Dawood’s surrender gery was done early last Friday. MUMBAI: NCP chief Sharad Dawood’s willingness to surren- IANS Pawar yesterday said lawyer der. But, there was the condition Ram Jethmalani had contacted that he should not be kept in jail. him over mafia don Dawood He wanted to remain in a house. Ibrahim’s readiness to surren- This was not acceptable to us, we Jayalalithaa der in the 1990s when Pawar said he must face the law,” Pawar was Maharashtra chief min- said. takes oath as ister but the don had put for- The NCP supremo was react- ward conditions which were not ing to Jethmalani’s charge that legislator acceptable. the state government rejected The conditions put forth for the an offer by Dawood to return to CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief surrender by the don were not India and go under house arrest Minister J Jayalalithaa yester- acceptable to the state govern- as he feared for his life in a jail, as day took oath as a member of ment and hence it was rejected, well as guarantees that he would the legislative assembly after the Nationalist Congress Party not be subjected to third-degree winning the bye-election held president told media persons torture by the Indian authorities. for the Radhakrishnan Nagar here. The incident took place Jethmalani claimed Dawood made constituency. when Pawar -- who then belonged the offer to surrender when they According to a government to the Congress party -- was the met in London but the subsequent statement, Jayalalithaa took chief minister. terms and conditions were not oath in the chambers of Speaker “It is true that Ram Jethmalani acceptable either to Pawar or the P Dhanapal. had given the proposal about then central government. IANS Jayalalithaa won the bye-elec- tion by a huge margin, with major A multi-role helicopter EC 725 by Airbus Helicopters displayed at an international military fair in Kielce. European opposition parties like the DMK, aerospace giant Airbus and India’s Mahindra group have inked a deal to jointly build helicopters as the government the DMDK and others boycotting moves to upgrade India’s ageing military hardware, the companies said yesterday. the poll on various pretexts. Jayalalithaa polled 160,432 SC ban on ‘voracious’ votes, while her nearest rival, Communist Party of India’s C Airbus and Mahindra to jointly Mahendran got just 9,710 votes -- a victory margin of a whopping mining saved Goa: CM 150,722 votes. The Radhakrishnan Nagar seat manufacture military helicopters PANAJI: The Supreme Court would have been the state of Goa,” fell vacant after AIADMK’s P ban on the “voracious” iron ore he added. Mining in Goa was Vetrivel resigned from the house NEW DELHI: European aero- president and CEO of Airbus Last August, his government mining in Goa may have saved banned by the Supreme Court in to facilitate Jayalalithaa’s re-elec- space giant Airbus and India’s Helicopters, said in the statement. lifted the cap on foreign invest- the state from ecological peril, 2012 after a judicial commission tion to the assembly. Mahindra group have inked India is in the midst of a vast ment in defence to 49 percent Chief Minister Laxmikant exposed a ’.35,000 crore illegal Jayalalithaa, elected from a deal to jointly build helicop- defence modernisation pro- from 26 percent. Parsekar has said. mining scam, blaming a nexus of Srirangam in 2011, lost that seat ters as the Indian government gramme worth some $100bn, The Airbus-Mahindra joint At a book release function last Goa’s mining companies, politi- and the chief minister’s post after moves to upgrade the country’s partly to keep up with rival neigh- venture will place bids for recon- Friday, Parsekar said though cians and bureaucrats. a trial court in Bengaluru con- ageing military hardware, the bours Pakistan and China. naissance and surveillance chop- mining was necessary to fuel the In 2010-11, nearly 54 million victed her in the disproportionate companies said. Prime Minister Narendra pers, naval utility and naval state’s economy, it was also neces- tonnes of iron ore was exported assets case. The joint venture will be set up Modi’s right-wing government, multirole helicopters. sary to simultaneously maintain from Goa, out of which nearly The Karnataka High Court in the coming months, “aiming to which stormed to power last May, “Together, we will produce an ecological balance. a third was estimated as illegal in May upheld her appeal and become the first private manu- has approved a string of contracts India’s next-generation helicop- “It is time we introspect and mined iron ore. acquitted her of all charges. facturer of helicopters in India”, for new military hardware that ters that will not only answer our plan for future. About two and Goa at the time contributed Jayalalithaa was again sworn in the companies said in a statement had stalled under the previous country’s defence needs but will a half years ago, the Supreme to nearly 21 percent of India’s as chief minister, but had to get last Friday. left-leaning Congress party. also have the potential for exports Court was compelled to inter- total iron ore production. After elected to the assembly within six “The joint venture will be ded- Modi, a hardline nationalist, in the future,” said S P Shukla, vene, because we were too vora- nearly three years of the ban, the months. icated to supplying the armed also wants to end India’s status chairman of Mahindra Defence cious without understanding Goa government is now gearing The Karnataka government forces with Made-in-India, as the world’s number one defence Systems. the ecological balance,” the chief up for resumption of mining, but has gone on appeal against the state-of-the-art helicopters of importer and to have 70 per- The companies did not spell minister said. “Mining activity Parsekar says that there is need high court order in the Supreme high reliability, quality and safety cent of hardware manufactured out how much they would invest had increased to such an extent for caution. “We are for restart- Court. standard based on combat-proven domestically by the turn of the under the deal. that if it was to continue, probably ing mines, but in a controlled IANS platforms,” Guillaume Faury, decade. AFP in a decade, I don’t know what manner,” he said. IANS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES

Poor sleep may make Eat tree nuts, stay slim you more impulsive ncluding tree nuts in your daily diet could be “Filled with plant protein, dietary fibre, and an easy and inexpensive way to stay slim and healthy mono-and polyunsaturated fatty acids, tree leep deprivation may put you at increased fit, suggests a research. nuts are a satiating food that may actually help sup- Srisk for succumbing to impulsive desires, I Tree nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts, cash- press appetite,” said lead study author Carol O’Neil, inattentiveness and questionable decision- ews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pis- professor at Louisiana State University Agricultural making, says a study. The researchers found tachios and walnuts. Centre in the US. that poor sleep habits can have a negative The study of more than 14,000 men and women “Now that summer is here and people tend to effect on self-control, which presents risks to found that tree nut consumers were 25 percent less be more active outside, tree nuts are a great, port- individuals’ personal and professional lives. likely to be obese and 21 percent less likely to have able snack to take to camp, the beach or on a hike,” “Our study explored how sleep habits and an elevated waist circumference than those who did Maureen Ternus, executive director of, International self-control are interwoven and sleep habits not consume tree nuts. Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education and self-control may work together to affect Overall, nut consumption was associated with Foundation (INC NREF) said. a person’s daily functioning,” said one of lower body mass index, systolic blood pressure, “Just 1.5 ounces of nuts per day (about 1/3 cup) can the study authors June Pilcher, professor at insulin resistance and higher levels of high-density give you many of the important vitamins, minerals Clemson University in the US. lipoprotein-cholesterol (good cholesterol). and energy you need throughout the day,” Ternus “Exercising self-control allows one to make bet- Although tree nuts contain fat and calories, said. ter choices when presented with conflicting desires numerous studies have shown that diets “enriched The study was published in the Nutrition Journal. and opportunities. That has far-reaching implica- with nuts” do not increase weight. IANS tions to a person’s career and personal life.” Poor sleep habits, which include inconsistent sleep times and not enough hours of sleep, can also lead to health problems, including weight gain, hypertension and illness. Studies have found that sleep deprivation decreases self-control but increases hostility in people, which can create problems in the workplace and at home,” Pilcher said. “Many aspects of our daily lives can be affected by better-managed sleep and self- control capacity.” “Improved health and worker performance are two potential benefits, but societal issues such as addictions, excessive gambling and over spending could also be more controllable when sleep deficiencies are not interfering with one’s decision making,” Pilcher said. IANS

Rid the gluten from your pizza with this easy chickpea crust

BY SARA MOULTON 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper the remaining ingredients. Flip the pancake and cook for 1 1/3 cups water In a colander, toss the toma- an additional 2 to 3 minutes, or f there’s a more basic and universally loved dish 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes (cut into toes with the kosher salt. Set until browned on the second side than pizza, I can’t name it. Bread, cheese and 1/2 inch pieces) over the sink or a large bowl (it will not brown as much on the tomatoes... Perfect! Unless, that is, you’re one Heaping 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt and let drain for 15 minutes. second side). Transfer the pancake Iof those poor souls who is sensitive to gluten. 1 teaspoon minced garlic Transfer to paper towels to dry, to a sheet pan, browner side down. Happily, here’s a pizza that swaps out the traditional 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided then in a medium bowl combine Repeat the procedure with the Italian wheat-based crust for a chickpea “flour” crust 5 ounces coarsely shredded mozzarella them with the garlic. remaining batter and oil to make 3 that’s popular in many parts of the world. And it’s cheese (about 1 cup) Heat the oven to 400 F. more pancakes, transferring them just in time for the start of tomato season. 1/2 cup shredded fresh basil In a 10-inch nonstick or as they are done to the sheet pan. Chickpea flour is nothing more complicated than stick-resistant skillet over very You will need 2 sheet pans. ground-up dried chickpeas. A widely-used ingredient METHOD: high, heat 2 teaspoons of the Divide the tomatoes among the in Middle Eastern and Indian cuisines, it is known Into a medium bowl, sift together the oil. Whisk the batter and add a 4 pizza crusts, then top each with variously as besan, gram flour, garbanzo bean flour chickpea flour, table salt and pepper. quarter of it (about 1/2 cup) to a quarter of the cheese. Bake the and cici bean flour. The direct inspiration for this Add 1/3 cup of water and whisk until the the skillet. Tip the pan to spread pizzas in the middle of the oven for pizza was the popular Provencal street food called mixture has the consistency of a smooth the batter evenly over the bot- 5 to 6 minutes, or until the cheese socca. There they turn the chickpea flour into a pan- paste. Add the remaining 1 cup of water, tom of the skillet and reduce the heat the pancake until nicely browned on the is melted. Cut the pizzas into wedges, cake, bake it in a wood-burning stove, and serve it 1/2 cup at a time, whisking until the to medium-high. Drizzle 2 teaspoons of bottom, 3 to 4 minutes. Peek underneath sprinkle the basil on top and serve straight up or with toppings. batter is smooth with each addition. Let the oil on top of the pancake, spread- the pancake to see if it is browned. Do immediately. To make pizza crust using chickpea flour, you just stand for 30 minutes while you prepare ing it with a rubber spatula and cook not attempt to flip it until it is browned. AP mix it with water and a little salt, no yeast required. But as with wheat flour, chickpea flour needs to be carefully mixed once the water is added to smooth out the lumps. And like wheat flour, chickpea flour benefits from a rest on the counter after it’s mixed before cooking. Chickpea Crust Pizza Margherita If you want slightly crispier crusts, bake the pizza shells in the middle of the oven for 5 minutes before topping them. Start to finish: 1 hour Ingredients: (serves 4) 1 1/2 cups (6 1/4 ounces) garbanzo bean (chickpea) flour 1/2 teaspoon table salt

White still rules Wimbledon dress code

imbledon’s famously strict dress code, This week, Canadian poster girl Eugenie Bouchard which requires competitors to appear fell foul of the rules after wearing a black innerwear. head-to-toe in white playing gear, has Flamboyant American player Bethanie Mattek- Wcome under renewed fire for being Sands said she supported Federer’s complaints. “ridiculous” and “excessive”. “I didn’t even get married in white,” she said. Even Roger Federer, the seven-time champion and Mattek-Sands once appeared on Wimbledon a lifelong admirer of the All England Club’s tradi- Centre Court wearing a coat made of tennis balls tions, has ramped up his criticism of the rule which and has also taken to a court with warpaint beneath demands predominantly white outfits. her eyes. “I love Wimbledon but they’ve gone too far now. She claims a Nike-designed white playing inner- The rules have become ridiculously strict,” said the wear was judged to be unsuitable at Wimbledon Swiss legend. It is the second time in two seasons because it had a yellow stripe. that Federer has hit out at the rule which calls for “I think it’s gotten a little excessive. It was funny, “suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white”. because I was actually Googling some players like “We’re all white. White, white, full-on white. I when John McEnroe played, Arthur Ashe, they had think it’s very strict,” Federer said 12 months ago. colour everywhere,” said Mattek-Sands who makes “My personal opinion, I think it’s too strict. If a mini-statement by appearing on court with knee- you look at the pictures of Edberg, Becker, there high white socks. was some colours, you know, but it was ‘all white’.” “I feel it’s actually gotten stricter. You can’t even The colour code at Wimbledon is often wear off-white or cream. I was like, man, if you wash controversial. your whites too many times, they will be illegal. Last year Caroline Wozniacki said reports that Better be washing it in cold water. officials would check the colour of women’s under- “I had a little mesh on my shirt today (in wear as “a little creepy”. Wednesday’s win over Ana Ivanovic). I have like

I think one legal pair of shorts that is on rotation hopefully in cold water. One skirt I think that’s legal.” Mattek-Sands, 30, would never be one to settle for the ordinary when it comes to fashion choice. When she married insurance executive Justin Sands in 2008, she walked down the aisle in black. “I actually wore a black dress. When I went shop- ping for it, they wanted me to try some stuff on, and I said, Look, I’m not going to wear anything white, off-white, cream, light pink, I said, so just don’t even hand me those,” she recalled. “They’re like, Well, we have this black evening gown. I’m like, Perfect. First one I tried and got that one.” AFP

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Prayer Timings Weather Misty to foggy at plac- es at first and some Fajr 03.19 am Zuhr 11.38 am Maghrib 06.31 pm o o Minimum: 31 C Maximum: 44 C clouds becomes hot Shorook 04.48 am Asr 03.02 pm Isha 08.01 pm HIGH TIDE 06:30 - 19:45LOW TIDE 02:15 - 12.15 with slight dust to blowing dust. At 150, Alice moves to wonder.land

LONDON: A troubled teenage girl who seeks refuge in a fantastical online world is the star of a new musical co-written by Blur frontman Damon Albarn to mark the 150th anniversary of “Alice in Wonderland”. Loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s book, “wonder.land” is being performed at Manchester’s Palace Theatre until July 12 before moving to London’s National Theatre and the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris next year. The rock opera-style musical opens in the bedroom of Aly (Lois Chimimba), a complex teenager who is in conflict with her parents and picked on by classmates who post insulting messages on social media. To escape, the girl connects, via her smartphone, to “wonder.land”, a bril- liantly-coloured virtual world based on the “Wonderland” of Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, whose pen name was Lewis Carroll. The pixellated world invites Alice “to achieve your ideal,” whereupon she cre- ates “Alice,” a beautiful, intelligent and loved alter-ego who embodies the quali- ties she believes herself to be missing. The first scene sets the tone with Aly tapping on her keypad while digital images of “wonder.land” are projected on LEFT: An effigy of Alice is paraded at The Story Museum in Oxford, central England, yesterday, during an event marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘Alice’s Adventures stage, with the Cheshire Cat becoming a in Wonderland’. RIGHT: Actress Tonia Miller from the performing arts group Teatro Vivo performs. The original novel was first published in July 1865 and has been translated into at giant virtual tom cat. least 174 languages, winning millions of fans, both children and adults, around the world. In bringing the story into the dig- ital age, director Rufus Norris hopes to explore how new technologies have and adults, around the world. soundtrack that combines rock, brass bands, traditional for his new musical wonder.land. Perhaps too high,” reshaped social relations and how mobile Albarn — the show’s composer and singer with Blur, instruments, electronic tones and video-game sound wrote the Independent, giving it three out of five stars. devices have become extensions of peo- one of the biggest Britpop bands of the 1990s who have effects, all sprinkled with melancholy lyrics, which recall “Albarn’s jaunty score is serviceable but it lacks both ple’s aspirations. recently started working together again — found inspi- his two operas, “Monkey: Journey to the West” and “Dr the edge and the melodic hooks of the songs that made It is also a study of the tribulations of ration from within his own family. Dee”. him and Blur famous.” adolescence and the difficulties of forging “The idea was very much a reaction to my own daugh- “We decided the music needed two identities: its The Guardian also gave the show three stars, calling an identity. ter’s relationship with social media and all the other articulation in the computer world and the real world,” it “big, bold, ambitious”. The original “Alice in Wonderland” was things I probably don’t know about that she’s looked at added Albarn. “I’ve tried to add a bit of madness to the “(It) has much to recommend it, but ends up like a first published in July 1865 and has been on the Internet,” the British singer/songwriter said in music to make it populist, which is quite difficult.” giant bag of liquorice allsorts: full of colour and variety translated into at least 174 languages, the official programme. It premiered on Thursday to a lukewarm reception but a bit rich to the taste and not something you’d want winning millions of fans, both children The end result is an ambitious, almost tortured, from the critics. “Damon Albarn set high expectations to devour too often,” the newspaper added. AFP Facegloria: Facebook Hacking the food chain, Silicon Valley style for Brazil’s WASHINGTON: A wave of be disruptive,” said Isha Datar, co-founder Sergey Brin, was its mayonnaise and cookie dough, replacements.) Chris Dixon at Silicon Valley-style disruption executive director of the non- derided as a “Frankenburger” but and Impossible Foods, which pro- the investment firm Andreessen is hitting the food industry. profit group New Harvest, which nonetheless sparked interest in duces vegetable-based meat and Horowitz was bullish on Soylent Evangelicals Lab-grown meat, vegan cheese promotes cellular agriculture, lab-produced foods. cheese substitutes. While meat in a blog post earlier this year and “animal free” milk and eggs or the use of stem or other cells San Francisco-based Clara substitutes have been around for explaining the firm’s $20m invest- SAO PAULO: Fluffy clouds are headed for consumers, often to produce replications of ani- Foods is using a similar in-vitro years, today’s startups are aiming ment. “We have all sorts of food- waft across a blue sky as you with backing from the tech sector mal products. The tech sector is technique to produce “animal to use technology and innovation related problems in the world log in and while you chat with and its financial allies. spearheading this effort, Datar free” egg whites, while in the that have worked in Silicon Valley. — malnutrition, diabetes, and friends, Gospel music rings These products could fill an says, with most of the traditional same city lab-produced milk is California-based Beyond Meat, obesity, to name a few,” Dixon said out: welcome to Facegloria, the important need while reducing food industry stuck in “a deeply on its way from a startup called which uses soy and pea protein for in a blog post. “Part of the solu- social network for Brazilian environmental problems such ingrained system that makes it Muufri. “These products are just its products including “Swedish tion to these problems is provid- Evangelicals. as energy and land use for tra- less amenable to change.” as versatile as the real ones,” says meatballs” and “Southwest ing people with better scientific The new website’s homepage ditional food industries, accord- Brooklyn-based startup Gilonne d’Origny of New Harvest. chicken strips,” says this type of research, and more food choices bears a passing resemblance ing to backers. This new group of Modern Meadow is developing “An egg white (produced food offers a more sustainable that are convenient, nutritious, to the global phenomenon startups is essentially hacking the an edible cultured meat prototype through cellular agriculture) model. “Our core mission is to and affordable.” Facebook. But Facegloria, which food sector with new ideas and along with bioengineered leather can be used to make meringue ... seek mass market solutions to Yet it remains unclear if the has attracted 100,000 users in its technologies about food and with products, which do not require If you create a flank steak this replace animal protein with plant general public will accept these first month, was set up to serve strong ties to Silicon Valley. animal slaughter. The company way it will have the cells lined up protein,” said Beyond Meat co- manufactured food substitutes. those who find billionaire entre- Some are using plant protein has funding from tech venture in the same way as a real flank founder Brent Taylor, who claims D’Origny said there are signs preneur Mark Zuckerberg’s ver- to substitute for animal products firms Sequoia Capital and Artis steak, so it will be identical.” the product creates the “fiber-like the public will take to the new sion sinful. There’s no “liking” while others are producing foods Ventures. “This is bio-fabrica- Among the prominent inves- structures and texture or meat.” foods. “Think of what goes into on Facegloria. Here, you click biologically through so-called tion, where cells themselves can tors in this sector is Microsoft Taylor said new ideas are a Chicken McNugget, but people “Amen.” “cellular agriculture.” be used to grow biological prod- founder Bill Gates, who sees the needed because “the rate of meat still buy them,” she said. “On Facebook you see a lot of At least $138m in investment ucts like tissues and organs,” said industry as helping fight against a consumption in markets like While progress is being made, violence and pornography. That’s poured into the segment of “sus- Andras Forgacs, chief executive of key environmental challenge. China is rising at such a rapid clip d’Origny said “the engineering why we thought of creating a tainable protein” startups in the firm, at a recent TED confer- “How can we make enough that we can’t keep up.” problems are bigger than the network where we could talk 2014, according to the research ence. “Perhaps biofabrication is meat without destroying the Beyond Meat backers include scientific ones. It’s a question of about God, love and to spread firm AgFunder. Another research a natural evolution of manufac- planet?” Gates said on his blog. He Obvious Ventures, an investment making foods that are palatable His word,” one of the founders, firm, CB Insights, calculates at turing for mankind. It’s environ- added that he is “hopeful about group including Twitter co-found- and acceptable.” web designer Atilla Barros, said. least $221m invested in the sec- mentally responsible, efficient and the future of meat substitutes. I ers Evan Williams and Biz Stone Others are skeptical. It all started three years ago tor over the past 18 months. humane.” have invested in some companies and the prominent California “The people who are doing when Barros and three other More deals appear to be cook- In 2013, Mark Post, a pro- working on this and am impressed tech equity firm Kleiner Perkins these things are evidently not devout Christian colleagues ing, with participation from fessor of tissue engineering at with the results so far.” Caufield & Byers. foodies,” said Marion Nestle, working at the mayor’s office major Silicon Valley players like Netherlands-based Maastricht Gates is among the backers Other startups in the sec- professor of food studies at New in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, near Google Ventures and equity firm University presented the first lab- of Hampton Creek Foods, a San tor include Daiya Foods (vegan York University. “They eat to live Brazil’s financial capital Sao Andreessen Horowitz. grown hamburger. Francisco startup which makes cheese), Exo (cricket flour protein but do not live to eat, apparently.” Paulo, decided there was a mar- “I think this new industry will The product, backed by Google plant-based egg substitutes for bars) and Soylent (powdered meal AFP ket for a squeaky-clean version of Facebook. Given that 42 million of Brazil’s 202 million people are estimated to be Evangelicals — and the fervent Protestant movement continues to make Square fruit: Odd shaped inroads into traditionally domi- nant Catholicism — they might be right. With help from the Ferraz de Vasconcelos mayor’s melons herald Japan summer own pocket, they set up a busi- ness with about $16,000 in start- TOKYO: Japanese consumers about a heart- or pyramid-shaped including expensive fruit, with cli- up money and Facegloria was are used to paying through the melon to sit on that chic coffee table ents and relatives a couple of times born. AFP nose for fruit, and now the sum- in your living room. “This fruit is a year. A deep-pocketed Japanese mer’s here there’s another way for meant to be a feast for your eyes, department store in April shelled them to empty their wallets: cube but they don’t taste very good,” out an eye-watering 300,000 yen for and heart-shaped watermelons. admitted the shop’s senior manag- a pair of mangoes, a record price for But this pricey produce is not ing director Mototaka Nishimura. the second year in a row. intended to tempt your taste buds “They should be displayed as orna- This year’s must-have luxury — it’s more ornament than the ments, maybe mixed with flowers.” fruit is a particular brand of perfect picnic food. Over at the Farmers plant young watermel- strawberry, with a single berry Shibuya Nishimura luxury fruit ons inside acrylic containers to get currently selling for around $415. Senior Managing Director Mototaka Nishimura of the Shibuya Nishimura shop in downtown Tokyo, a cube- the desired shape. While the price However, all pale in comparison luxury fruit shop displaying square, pyramid and heart-shaped watermelons shaped watermelon, about the size may sound high, it’s actually some- with the tear-inducing $25,000 at the company’s main store in Tokyo. of a baby’s head, sells for 12,960 yen. thing of a bargain in Japan where price tag for a pair of cantaloupe Not to your liking? Well, how people traditionally exchange gifts, melons auctioned in 2008. AFP Sunday 5 July 2015 18 Ramadan 1436 Volume 20 Number 6482 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Customers of Qatar real GDP grows by 4.1pc in Q1 Beema can Finance, real estate sectors expand by 9.8 percent year-on-year, says MDPS estimate take motor DOHA: Qatar’s real gross decrease of 5.7 percent on quar- The sector’s growth declined by The sector grew by 12.0 percent domestic product (GDP) growth ter-on-quarter basis. 11.4 percent on quarter-on-quar- on Q-o-Q basis. insurance in the first quarter of this year In real gross value added (GVA) ter basis. The real GVA of the construc- (Q1, 2015) accelerated by 4.1 terms, the mining and quarrying The real GVA of this sector tion sector grew at a rate of 11.4 percent compared to the esti- sector witnessed a decline of 0.1 is estimated at QR20.05bn in percent and 11.9 percent on year- over phone mate of Q1 of 2014. However, percent in Q1, 2015 compared to Q1, 2015 showing a growth of on-year and Q-o-Q basis, respec- compared to the previous quar- the estimate of Q1, 2014. However, 9.0 percent over the estimate of tively. Major public investments ter (Q4, 2014) the growth in this compared to the previous quarter corresponding quarter of 2014. in this sector continue to impact quarter is 3.4 percent, accord- (Q4, 2014), the sector grew by 4.2 However, compared to the previ- the growth in this sector. ing to a preliminary estimate percent in this quarter. ous quarter (Q4 of 2014) GVA of The Trade, Hotel and by Ministry of Development The reduction in international this sector recorded 2.1 percent Restaurants sector group grew Planning and Statistics price levels of crude oil in this seen mainly in construction, trad- growth rate. by 11.5 percent on nominal (MDPS). quarter has led to sharper decline ing, hospitality and financial sec- This growth is primarily terms in this quarter on year The real GDP in the Q1, 2015 in nominal GVA of mining and tors, coupled with over 10 percent explained by the refinery and on year. In real terms the sector touched QR199.21bn compared to quarrying sector. In Q1, 2015, the jump in the country’s population petrochemical activities in this recorded a growth rate of 9.3 QR191.31bn recorded in Q1, 2014. nominal GVA estimate of this in this quarter. quarter. The sharp drop in the percent Y-o-Y. The country’s nominal GDP sector showed a decline of 31.5 The nominal GVA estimate of nominal terms is due to failing The Finance, Insurance, Real or GDP at current prices is esti- percent over the estimate of Q1, Non-Mining and Quarrying sec- international prices. estate and Business Services sec- mated at QR173.03bn for the Q1, 2014. On quarter-on-quarter basis tor in Q1, 2015 touched QR97.79bn, The nominal GVA the con- tor showed a growth of 11 percent 2015. This reflects a decrease of the sector fell by 12.5 percent. an increase of 7.1 percent over the struction sector has been esti- on Y-o-Y in nominal terms, pri- 14.0 percent compared to the The growth of Non-Mining and estimate of Q1, 2014. mated at QR13.55bn in Q1, 2015, marily due to rise in banking and estimate of Q1, 2014 placed at Quarrying sector accelerated 8.9 The nominal GVA of manu- an increase of 15.2 percent on real estae sectors. The real GVA QR201.15bn. When compared percent in real terms in Q1, 2015 facturing sector in Q1 of 2015 is Yo Y. of this group of economic activi- to QR183.56bn estimated for on year-on-year basis. The high estimated at QR16.95bn, a drop This double digit increase is ties is estimated at QR27.34bn, a the previous quarter (Q4, 2014), growth in the first quarter of 2015 of 8.9 percent over the estimate primarily due to rising produc- 9.8 percent Y-o-Y growth. Qatar’s nominal GDP recorded a is the result of double digit rise of corresponding quarter of 2014. tion volume seen in this quarter. THE PENINSULA

DOHA: Qatar’s fastest growing Islamic insurance company, Damaan Islamic Insurance Company (Beema), is revolutionising and taking Greece hurtles to customer service to a whole new level. Being the only insurance provider that offers this breakthrough, Beema has crunch referendum recently introduced Beema at your Doorstep; a free of charge ATHENS: Greece hurtled yes- cards. Most people are buying service whereby customers terday towards a crunch bailout food now because they fear the can renew or purchase their referendum which could deter- worst,” said Andreas Koutras, a comprehensive motor insur- mine its financial future and 51-year old who works in finance. ance policy over the phone even its place in the eurozone, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with one of Beema’s customer as polls showed the ‘Yes’ and got a rock-star welcome at an service associates, from the ‘No’ camps neck and neck. Athens rally late on Friday as he comfort of home or office and On the eve of the vote that sought to revive support for the get the policy delivered at could also make or break the rad- ‘No’ vote in a referendum called their doorstep. ical-left government, Greeks were to strengthen his hand in talks Nasser Al Misnad, Deputy increasing spooked by rumours with international creditors. Chief Executive Officer of Beema, that capital controls were leading EU leaders have warned (pictured) that that “in line with to food and medicine shortages, that a ‘No’ victory could cause our mission to provide the best as was growing uncertainty over Greece to crash out of the euro- service to our valued customers, when the country’s banks would zone. But Tsipras and his clos- Beema has introduced the door re-open. est ally Finance Minister Yanis to door service at no extra cost “I’ve heard shops are running Varoufakis have accused them of for our motor comprehensive out of flour, sugar and salt. I’m fear-mongering. insurance policy holders, which really worried, how will we man- In an interview published is the first of its kind in Qatar. age if we can’t get to our money Saturday the outspoken I am sure this initiative will be and there’s no food to buy?” Lena Varoufakis accused Athens’s cred- warmly welcomed by customers Antoniou, a 35-year old mother itors of “terrorism”. who find it difficult to visit their of two, said. “What they’re doing with Cypriots take part in a demonstration organised by the AKEL Communist Party in front of the European Union insurance provider to purchase or Nikos Archondis from the Greece has a name — terrorism,” House in the capital Nicosia yesterday in support of the “NO” as a vote at the referendum. renew their Car Insurance due to Panhellenic Exporters Association he told the Spanish El Mundo time constraints, traffic and lack (PEA) said “certain supermarkets daily. “What Brussels and the account may be force to take a “They cannot pretend any officially declared Greece to of parking.” are very concerned because they troika want today is for the ‘Yes’ “haircut”. longer that it’s not about leav- be in default on Friday for not Al Misnad added that cannot forecast how the situation (vote) to win so they could humil- A defiant Tsipras told 25,000 ing the euro,” said a 43-year-old making a ¤1.5bn payment to the “being one of the few Shariah- will evolve,” adding that stocks of iate the Greeks.” cheering supporters at Friday’s doctor who gave his first name as International Monetary Fund compliant insurance providers meat, cheeses, fruits and vegeta- As tensions rose he was forced rally to “say ‘No’ to ultimatums Nikos. “Outside the euro lies only this week. in Qatar, our primary goal is to bles “risk running low in the fol- to deny a Financial Times report and to turn your back on those misery.” The latest voter intention polls, reach our customers by provid- lowing weeks”. that suggested Greek savers could who would terrorise you,” adding: Many Greeks have crossed over published late Friday, showed the ing a comprehensive range of Many businesses said they lose 30 percent of their bank “No one can ignore this passion to the “Yes” camp since capital nation of 11 million people was innovative products, services had been forced to ask workers deposits to shore up the banking and optimism.” controls were imposed this week evenly divided. and delivering quality customer to take unpaid leave, some shops system, slamming it a “malicious A rival rally of 22,000 “Yes” limiting daily ATM withdraw- A GPO poll put the ‘Yes’ voters services. were refusing card payments in rumour”. supporters shouted pro-European als to just ¤60 ($67) in order to at 44.1 percent and the ‘Nos’ at “Thus, we are constantly an effort to hoard cash and there The British business daily, slogans and voiced fears of a so- stem a cash haemorrhage after 43.7 percent, while an Alco sur- developing new customer service were reports of companies pay- quoting unidentified bankers and called “Grexit” from the eurozone Greece’s international aid pack- vey found 44.5 percent would vote initiatives to make our custom- ing workers in IOUs valid in local businessmen close to negotiations, and a return to Greece’s former age ran out on Tuesday. ‘Yes’ while 43.9 percent would ers’ lives easier. We put customer supermarkets. reported that Greek depositors currency, the drachma, if Tsipras Adding to the sense of cri- vote ‘No’. service at the heart of what we “No-one accepts your credit with over ¤8,000 ($8,900) in an got his way. sis, a eurozone emergency fund AFP do and strive to provide Takaful solutions that provide outstand- ing cover and protection to our valued clients against the widest Fearing return to drachma, Greeks turn to bitcoin possible risks. Beema’s core values focus on LONDON: There is at least one the number at “a few thousand”. that’s very difficult to move.” invented six years ago that floats mostly due to speculators bet- providing Shariah-compliant legal way to get your euros out The average deposit quadrupled But Marinos said the bitcoin freely and is not backed by a gov- ting that capital controls would takaful solutions. Reliability, of Greece these days, to guard to around ¤700. buyers’ main aim was to shield ernment or central bank, has trigger heavy demand. In March- and building and maintaining against the prospect that they Using bitcoin could allow their money against the prospect been highly volatile. April 2013, when Cyprus clamped long term relationships and might be devalued into drach- Greeks to do one of the things that Greece might leave the euro- It peaked at over $1,200 in late down on bank withdrawals, bit- delivering results that excess mas: convert them into bitcoin. that capital controls were put zone and convert all the depos- 2013 before crashing almost 70 coin rocketed almost 700 percent. the expectation of all our Although absolute figures are in place this week to prevent: its in Greek banks into a greatly percent in less than a month after Coinbase, one of the world’s shareholders. hard to come by, Greek interest transfer money out of their bank devalued national currency. If a hacking attack on the Tokyo- biggest bitcoin wallet providers, Established in 2009, Beema has has surged in the online “crypto- accounts and, if they wish, out of voters reject the demands of based bitcoin exchange Mt Gox which is not currently accessible become one of the leading Islamic currency”, which is out of the the country. international creditors in a ref- in early 2014. to Greeks, said it had seen huge insurance providers in Qatar; reach of monetary authorities and “When people are trying to erendum on Sunday, this becomes This week, as Greece defaulted interest from Italy, Spain and licensed to transact all classes of can be transferred at the touch of move money out of the country much more likely. on a debt to the IMF, the price Portugal. insurance; and has a paid up capi- a smartphone screen. and the state is stopping that “A lot of people are keeping jumped to a 3-1/2-month high of It said the average daily sign- tal of QR200m. New customers depositing from taking place, bitcoin is the all the bitcoins they buy on our $268 on the Bitstamp exchange - ups from euro zone countries had Beema has recently introduced at least ¤50 with BTCGreece, only way to move any value,” platform, until they understand up more than 20 percent since the increased 350 percent since the their Personal Life Takaful for any the only Greece-based bitcoin said Adam Vaziri, a board mem- what to do with them,” Marinos start of June - while the number start of June. Average daily bit- individual with a valid Qatari res- exchange, open only to Greeks, ber of the UK Digital Currency said. “In their eyes, now they have of daily transactions reached a coin purchases from the euro zone idency permit, between the ages rose by 400 percent between Association. bitcoins, they’re safe.” record 150,917. this week were up 250 percent of 18 and 64, for QR135 annual May and June, according to its “There aren’t any other options That said, the value of a bit- Most bitcoin-watchers reckon compared with June’s average. contribution. founder Thanos Marinos, who put unless you buy diamonds, and coin, a web-based digital currency the digital currency’s rise is REUTERS THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Turkey, S Africa most vulnerable to US rate hike Emerging markets heavily reliant on capital inflows; Fed rate increase could trigger capital outlfows: QNB report

DOHA: Of 16 selected larg- mid-2013—the “taper tantrum”— at risk all have current account of a country, leading to a higher flows. The Brazilian economy overhang. This lack of growth, est emerging markets (EMs), when the Federal Reserve (Fed) deficits in the range of 2.6 per- risk of a sudden stop in capital is currently challenged by GDP combined with a current account Turkey, South Africa and Brazil announced that it would begin cent-1.3 percent of flows. The average level of exter- growth, which is expected to con- deficit (1.5 percent of GDP) and are the most vulnerable econo- cutting back its quantitative eas- A second measure of vulner- nal debt among our selected EMs tract by 1.3% in 2015, due to low moderate external debt (27 per- mies to a higher US interest ing programme, leading to a sharp ability is external debt, which is is 31percent of GDP. Once again, commodity prices and rising cen- cent of GDP), leaves the country rates. Indonesia, Mexico and rise in US and global bond yields. usually denominated in US dol- Turkey and South Africa stand tral bank interest rates to combat exposed if US interest rates rise. Argentina are also at risk, The EMs that are most vul- lars. As US interest rates rise out with relatively high levels of rampant inflation. For this rea- Indonesia is expected to grow according to a QNB economic nerable to this kind of shock are and capital flows back to the US, external debt (50 percent and 41 son, and given Brazil’s high cur- faster at 5.0 percent, which should commentary. those that are most dependent the dollar is likely to strengthen. percent of GDP, respectively). rent account deficit, we consider help attract some capital despite The QNB commentary on on capital inflows. A key met- This increases the value of US Indonesia (34 percent) and it to be as vulnerable as Turkey the external risks. Mexico has “which EMs are most vulnerable ric in assessing vulnerability is, dollar debt and also increases the Mexico (33 percent) also have and South Africa. Growth in similar external vulnerabilities to to higher US interest rates?” therefore, the current account burden of servicing this debt as relatively high levels of external Turkey is expected to be around Indonesia, but lower GDP growth noted yesterday that the main balance—a country with a large payments rise in local currency debt. 3.0 percent in 2015, fairly unre- (2.6 percent in 2015). reason for EM vulnerability is a deficit is reliant on capital inflows terms. Therefore, countries with A final measure of vulnerability markable and insufficient to offset A Fed rate hike this year heavy reliance on capital inflows. to finance the deficit. The coun- high levels of external debt will is real GDP growth. High growth the country’s external risks. appears likely, with a 50:50 chance As interest rates in the US rise, tries expected to have the largest find it more difficult to meet will raise predicted returns for The countries QNB consider of a first rate hike in September. there is a risk that capital could current account deficits in 2015 their obligations and dollar debt investors, increasing the appeal as at risk have relatively diverse Higher US interest rates will flow out of EMs, into the US to are Turkey (4.9 percent of GDP), will become an increasing drag on of the country. Conversely, low real GDP growth rates. Growth in probably lead to considerable vol- take advantage of higher rela- South Africa (4.6 percent) and the economy. growth will encourage investors Argentina is expected to be zero atility in global financial markets tive yields. This is what drove Brazil (4.1 percent). The other High levels of external debt will to withdraw capital and increase in 2015 as the country struggles and elevated EM risk. the EM capital flight shock in countries that we consider to be increase investor risk perceptions the risk of a sudden stop in capital to recover from its legacy debt THE PENINSULA

Barwa Bank Ooredoo begins next names Ahmed Al phase of fibre roll-out Emadi head of Corporate Banking DOHA: The Chairman of Speaking at the event, Sheikh Ooredoo, Sheikh Abdulla bin Abdulla said: “We have shown, Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, time and again, that Ooredoo announced that the next phase delivers the very best for Qatar, of Ooredoo Fibre roll-out has and that the people of Qatar can begun, which will position Qatar rely on us for the best network, as one of the top five countries the best service, and the best in the world for fibre penetra- results. We have seen that there tion upon completion. is huge demand in Qatar for data He was speaking at the services, and Ooredoo has evolved Ooredoo’s annual Ghabga, a spe- to become the best-adapted com- cial social gathering that brings pany to meet this demand, and employees together in the spirit anticipate the changing digital of Ramadan, held at the Sheraton needs of the people of Qatar.” Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. In addition, the Chairman DOHA: Barwa Bank has The chairman outlined the highlighted the success of the announced the promotion of incredible results the company roll-out of the Ooredoo brand, Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Emadi has achieved in Qatar in 2014, which has now become one of (pictured) to the role of Head which saw the company grow its the top communication brands of Corporate Banking. customer base to 3.3 million – a in the world. Prior to joining Barwa Bank 10 percent increase on the previ- He hailed the performance of in 2011, Al Emadi worked with ous year. Ooredoo’s colleagues in markets HSBC. He holds a bachelor’s The company’s success in fixed like Iraq and Tunisia, who con- degree in business management line and fibre services, with more tinue to deliver strong results in Senior Ooredoo executives at annual Ghabga. and administration from the than 225,000 homes already con- spite of the turbulence in those American University and over nected to Ooredoo Fibre, has been areas. He also congratulated in data services, and pioneer- Fibre into new areas, to boost the the top rank of nations for fibre seven years of experience in cor- matched by its success in the Ooredoo Algeria, for its success ing advances in the areas of knowledge-based economy and connectivity. Ooredoo’s Fibre net- porate banking. mobile space. Ooredoo was the with the launch of 3G services smart services, superfast mobile enable customers to access the work offers some of the best fibre Since he joined Barwa Bank, first company in Qatar to offer where it now holds a leadership Internet and Ooredoo Fibre. financial, educational and com- availability in the world, with a Al Emadi successfully estab- 4G and 4G+ services, and contin- position, and Ooredoo Kuwait, In Qatar, the initial roll-out munity services that high-speed response rate of higher than lished and led the bank’s Business ues to offer the biggest, fastest which successfully launched 4G+ of Ooredoo Fibre in 2013 set the Internet can provide. 99.999 percent, and maximum Banking platform, demonstrat- and best network supported by in 2015. record as the fastest roll-out in The next phase of fibre roll- residential data speeds of up to ing unique capabilities and com- an incredible range of data and In every market, Ooredoo is the world, and the company has out will provide total national 1Gbps. petencies in adjusting to business digital content services. attaining a leadership position continued to extend the reach of coverage, and position Qatar in THE PENINSULA challenges. Khalid Yousef Al Subeai, Acting Group CEO at Barwa Bank Group, said: “Sustainable human development is one of Barwa Bank’s core priorities, aligning with our values and Japan retail traders betting yen surge will be fleeting principles. Our board’s policies and vision have been designed to TOKYO: Japan’s retail inves- The yen weakened to 125.86 hunting is supporting the dol- to the latest data available from the yen against the dollar, a meas- ensure competency development, tors aren’t buying into the per dollar on June 5 and has lar-yen,” said Kengo Suzuki, the Tokyo Financial Exchange ure of bets on future price swings, as well as effective and impactful yen’s rally even as the Greek dropped 2.9 percent this year chief currency strategist at Inc’s Click 365, where such trad- jumped to the highest since Feb. contributions to career advance- crisis spurs traditional haven amid prospects the Federal Mizuho Securities Comapany ing takes place. That’s the most 3 on June 29. ment for Qatari youth, offering flows into the Asian nation’s Reserve in moving toward rais- in Tokyo. since a record 524,472 contracts “Dollar-yen volatility will rise them opportunities to learn, currency. ing interest rates while the Bank “Views are firmly rooted in on February 3. as the yen will be hit by specula- grow and evolve into leaders of Wagers by individuals, who of Japan sticks to record mon- the trend for a stronger dol- “It’s typical retail behavior,” tive trade related to Greece,” said the future.” borrow so they can trade greater etary easing. lar and a weaker yen as the said Simon Pianfetti, a senior Masashi Murata, vice president at “We have always strived to amounts than the cash held in Japan’s currency surged to US raises interest rates, while manager at the market solutions Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. embrace and embody the val- their accounts, turned the most 121.94 on June 30, the strongest Japan keeps an easy monetary department at SMBC Trust in Tokyo. “Rising volatility pushed ues of professional development, bearish on the yen since February in a month, on concern would stance.” Bank Ltd. in Tokyo. “They at the lower end of the range but the organisational culture, creativity last week, just as Europe’s turmoil Greece will miss debt payments, Bets among smaller investors least waited for the dollar-yen to trend isn’t down. The floor is firm and innovation; the key pillars for amplified the currency’s rebound only for the currency to decline for the yen to weaken against fall a bit to unwind their short and buying at lows is the trading our overarching growth strategy”, from last month’s 13- year low beyond 123-level two days later. the dollar climbed to 498,134 positions.” idea.” he said. against the greenback. “Individual investors’ bargain contracts on June 23, according One-week implied volatility on WP-BLOOMBERG THE PENINSULA

Vodafone launches US Chamber forms coalition to Huawei P8 in Qatar fend off activist hedge funds DOHA: Vodafone Qatar yes- Officer of Vodafone Qatar, said: terday announced the debut of “We’re extremely excited to launch WASHINGTON: C o r p o r at i on s “These campaigns often companies to exclude names of Huawei’s 2015 flagship smart- this superb, luxury smartphone. are turning to the nation’s big- involve idiosyncratic agendas investors’ director candidates phone, the Huawei P8, at its Huawei has seamlessly combined gest business lobby to help fend that are wholly unrelated to from ballots cast in advance of stores in Villaggio Mall and the best elements of style and off activist investors such as increasing long-term value for annual meetings. City Centre Mall and online. strength in this device, delivering Dan Loeb and Bill Ackman. shareholders.” The chamber’s new group will The Huawei P8’s exciting fea- a revolutionary user experience - The US Chamber of Commerce Since the days of the corporate be overseen by Tom Quaadman, tures, cutting-edge technology, especially in terms of camera and is forming a coalition to make raiders of the 80s, activist hedge vice president of its centre for durability and sleek design allows network connectivity, a feature sure “long-term value creation” funds have evolved into a formi- capital markets competitiveness, consumers to ignite their creativ- which will be reinforced with the drives public companies’ deci- dable force, with an estimated said spokeswoman Erica Flint. ity. Building on the rich heritage Vodafone network with the largest sions, according to a letter it $200bn to invest. The group has 13 members, of the P Series, the Huawei P8 4G+ coverage in Qatar.” sent on Thursday to Securities Carl Icahn has rebranded him- including the American Bankers takes beauty to the next level, “The Huawei’s P8 has an amaz- and Exchange Commission Chair self as an outspoken shareholder Association, the Securities striking a perfect balance of art- ing sleek design with smarter Mary Jo White. The group plans advocate. Latter-day activists Industry and Financial Markets istry, creativity and functional- performance and outstanding to weigh in on regulations that including Loeb, Ackman and Association and the National ity. The Huawei P8 delivers a convenience, striking a perfect affect corporate governance, the Jeff Smith often write poison- Association of Manufacturers. new level of usability for differ- balance of artistry, creativity and letter said. pen letters to seek changes to If the chamber’s coalition wants ent applications impacting eve- functionality. Huawei has com- “Our members have experi- corporate strategy and criticise to “facilitate long-term value ryday life – at work and at play. bined the best elements of style enced an exponential rise in the portfolio companies on business creation, they should support With craftsmanship that pushes and strength in this device. It is frequency of special-interest television. reforms that strengthen share- the bounds of possibility and a symbol of our relentless com- activism of all types,” said the Last week, White said the holder rights and oppose arrange- new revolutionary light painting mitment to ‘Make it Possible’ for letter, which was signed by trade SEC plans to recommend rules ments that insulate managements modes, the Huawei P8 provides people everywhere to enjoy our groups including those for fuel that would allow shareholders to from shareholders,” said Lucian consumers with an inspiration for premium quality products”, said manufacturers, insurers, real vote for both management and Bebchuk, a professor at Harvard creativity. Philip Fu, GM, Huawei Qatar. estate investment trusts and dissident-supported directors in Law School. Marc Norris, Chief Commercial THE PENINSULA wholesaler-distributors. proxy fights. Current rules allow BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Bulgaria tourism Facebook to China sets up open office in Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG: North fund to prevent America has a population of about 500 million, and two-fifths of them are on Facebook. In Africa, with more than 1 billion people, just 120 million use the social market rout network. That’s an opportunity Facebook can’t ignore, though the region poses challenges unlike those the company has faced in Brokerage to invest $19bn in shares more developed markets. To spur growth on the con- BEIJING/SHANGHAI: speculative loans. Some analysts tinent, Facebook next month is China froze share offers and suggest total margin lending, both opening an office in an affluent set up a market-stabilisation formal and informal, could add up suburb of Johannesburg. The sales fund yesterday, the Wall Street to around 4 trillion won ($3.6bn). office will be headed by Nunu Journal said, as Beijing intensi- The stock markets are domi- Ntshingila, 51, chairman of WPP fied efforts to pull stock mar- nated by retail investors. Plc’s Ogilvy & Mather agency in kets out of a nose-drive that is China’s top brokerages said South Africa, who will oversee threatening the world’s second- yesterday they would collectively Facebook’s business in the region. largest economy. buy at least 120bn yuan ($19.3bn) The company will find that Beijing’s reported suspension of of shares — a pledge that, accord- winning customers in Nigeria or initial public offers (IPOs) came ing to the Wall Street Journal, Kenya is tougher than in Nebraska a few hours after extraordinary would form part of Beijing’s new or Kansas. Africa has few fixed announcements by major bro- stabilisation fund. A group of tourists stand on a location with the Old Plovdiv and the three hills on the background of Old Internet connections, so Facebook’s kers and fund managers, which Separately yesterday, 25 Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The site offers lovely views and panoramas of the city of Plovdiv. The city is a major original website isn’t well known. collectively pledged to invest at Chinese mutual funds announced tourist attraction in Bulgaria. And while mobile Internet is least $19bn of their own money they too would put their own cap- booming, data is expensive and into stocks. ital into stocks. smartphones are rare, with most China’s government, regula- The fund managers did not give people using cheaper, less capable tors and financial institutions a figure but said they would invest devices called feature phones that are now waging a concerted cam- into their own funds, alongside Creditors should help solve crisis, can’t run Facebook’s full mobile paign to prop up the nation’s two their customers. application. BLOOMBERG main share markets, amid fears Later, 28 Chinese firms that a meltdown would rock the announced in individual state- Gulf Air official financial system and inflict heavy ments they would suspend their says Puerto Rico governor losses across an economy where own IPO plans due to market airline for AACO annual growth is already running volatility. They did not mention SAN JUAN: Puerto Rico’s gov- address on Monday in which he cannot hide the reality from peo- at a 24-year low. any central decision to halt IPOs. ernor said on Thursday that announced that he would seek to ple.” Garcia has hinted he would business forum Almost $3 trillion in market The securities regulator had creditors are responsible for postpone debt payments. announce additional measures in value — more than the entire eco- already said on Friday it would helping the US island out of its Garcia said he wants to talk upcoming days to reduce costs MANAMA: Gulf Air has nomic output of Brazil — has been reduce the number of IPOs and economic crisis because they with creditors about how to boost and help revive the economy. announced it will be the official wiped out since markets went other capital-raisings. lent money knowing the gov- the economy with the money they The government may seek to airline partner of the upcoming into reverse last month, posing a The freezing of IPOs can ernment was running a deficit. are owed to help generate enough impose unpaid furloughs on its Arab Air Carriers’ Organisation bigger headache for many global lend support to a falling market Governor Alejandro Garcia revenue to make payments under employees as one measure, said (AACO) Business Technology investors than even the Greek because large amounts of money Padilla also sought to clarify com- new terms. “When they lent, they Sergio Marxuach, policy director at Forum that will be held in debt crisis. are frozen when subscriptions are ments recently published in The New knew there was a deficit,” he said. the Center for the New Economy, Manama from October 5. Under The main Shanghai Composite taken, drying up liquidity in the York Times saying he believes Puerto “That’s why they’re being called a Puerto Rico-based think tank. the theme ‘Empowerment Index has lost around 30 percent market. Large IPOs have been Rico’s $72bn public debt is unpayable. to the table for sacrifices.” But such efforts to jumpstart through Mobile Technology’, of its value in three weeks, a dra- cited as a reason for triggering “What we’re saying is, and I Garcia has been meeting this the economy could also impair it, the forum promises will shed matic end to an equally breath- the recent plunge. ask that you pay attention to the week with government officials, Marxuach said. “That may mean light on game-changing tech- taking rally that saw it more Beijing has unleashed a barrage full sentence, that with the cur- business leaders, legislators and (government workers) will not nology solutions and their posi- than double in just seven months, of official policy moves over the rent level of economic growth, unions in a bid to create a long- have enough cash in that month tive impact on the passenger fuelled by official interest-rate past week, including an interest the debt is not payable,” he told term economic and fiscal reform to pay their mortgages, or their travel experience and the avia- cuts. rate cut, a relaxation of margin- reporters, alluding to the island’s plan to help get the US territory credit cards or their car loans, so tion industry as a whole. The sell-off is especially wor- lending rules and additional bank nearly 9-year-old recession. out its slump. “This is a very that will have an adverse effect Maher Salman Al Musallam, rying because the bull market liquidity. They were Garcia’s first pub- serious problem that we have to on financial institutions,” he said. Gulf Air A/Chief Executive Officer had been built on a mountain of REUTERS lic comments since a televised address together,” he said. “We AP said: “We are delighted to join forces with AACO – a key industry partner for Gulf Air – as they con- tinue to strengthen partnerships and cooperation among Arab car- riers in various fields. We welcome Aster Foundation to help build 500 houses for Nepal quake-hit this industry event to Bahrain as a critical knowledge platform from which we can exchange tools and DUBAI: Aster DM Foundation, their homes to do what we can do ideas on information technology the charitable arm of Aster DM at this time. We would like to also and communications for the devel- healthcare, provided Dh1.4m thank a number of our employ- opment of airlines performance (NPR40m) to Nepal Prime ees at Aster DM Healthcare who and enhancement of the passenger Minister relief fund to rebuild came together and contributed to experience.” 500 houses in earthquake- the fund,” said Dr Azad Moopen. Abdul Wahab Teffaha, AACO stricken villages, including 23 Jha said: “We are extremely Secretary General said: “With homes of Aster employees that grateful to Dr Azad Moopen and recent studies indicating that were destroyed by the tragedy. his Foundation for coming forward 97 percent of passengers travel Dr Azad Moopen, Chairman to help the grieving Nepali fami- with a mobile device we recognize and Managing Director of Aster lies. This donation will go towards the importance of utilizing this DM Healthcare, delivered the the efforts to help the victims of channel for continuous engage- contribution to Dhananjay Jha, the devastating earthquakes.” ment and as a tool to further Nepal Ambassador to the UAE. Dhukul Raj, an employee of customize the passenger experi- “Nepal and its people are very Aster DM Healthcare Group in ence. Airports and airlines around close to our hearts and aid for Dubai and whose house was dam- the world have made significant the Himalayan nation is crucial aged by the earthquake expressed investments in mobile services at present. From our own ranks, his gratitude saying: “It means a and this forum will shed light on we have 23 employees affected by lot that the people I work with further developments in future. the devastating quake. Since this have come together to help all We extend our sincerest thanks earthquake hit so close to home, of us who were affected by the to Gulf Air for their support in Aster DM Foundation has prom- calamity.” hosting this forum.” ised them assistance in rebuilding THE PENINSULA Dr Azad Moopen (third right) handing over the contribution to Dhananjay Jha. THE PENINSULA

Malabar Gold raffle draw

Malabar Gold & Diamonds held the 26th and 27th raffle draw of The Great Gold Rush campaign in Doha in the presence of Faisal Al Sham Mari, Ministry of Business & Trade; Santhosh T V, Regional head and other officials from Malabar Gold & Diamonds. Patel Viral and Ambuj Singh won the prize, 1kg of gold each, through the raffle draw. SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Steelmakers M&S recovery stutters as sales dip in Iran want Marks & Spencer’s non-food like-for-like sales seen flat to down 2.5 percent; AGM on Tuesday import duty LONDON: Marks & Spencer is trading on Tuesday ahead of its The analysts’ average forecast points in the 2015-16 year and “The bulls are buying the gross expected to report that under- annual shareholders’ meeting at of a fall of 1 percent contrasts further, unquantified, gains over margin story and shrugging off increased lying sales in its non-food busi- London’s Wembley Stadium the with the growth of 0.7 percent the following two years. the weak top-line (sales) for gen- ness fell in its latest quarter, same day. in the fourth quarter of M&S’ In May M&S reported a rise eral merchandise, but Q1 will be a LONDON: Iranian steelmak- dashing investor optimism that The 131-year-old group is 2014-15 year — the division’s first in annual profit for the first time good test of their faith, as higher ers have asked the government a corner had finally been turned expected to report sales of general growth in nearly four years. in four years and Bolland said of stock markdowns could erode the to raise import duties for cer- when it delivered growth in the merchandise at shops open over “We understand that the the non-food sales outlook: “There gross margin and it has been a tain steels by up to 40 percent previous three months. a year in a range of flat to down weather was ... unhelpful in May, could be a quarter positive, there difficult season in fashion,” said as protectionism in the global However, Chief Executive 2.5 percent for the 13 weeks to but it was hardly a monsoon and could be a quarter slightly nega- independent retail analyst Nick steel sector gathers pace amid a Marc Bolland is likely to stress June 27, according to a company- other fashion retailers ... have tive. We’re not nervous about it Bubb. flood of cheap sales mostly from again that his strategy is to pri- compiled poll of 12 analysts. come through unscathed,” said because we know exactly where M&S’s food business, which top producer China. marily focus on profit margins An unseasonably cool May analysts at Peel Hunt. we’re going in terms of our gross contributes over half of group China steel exports have risen rather than driving sales growth likely dented demand for M&S’ Bolland, CEO since 2010, will margin.” sales and about a third of profit, nearly 30 percent this year from as he seeks to turn around the clothing. Official data, published likely re-iterate that he is boost- Shares in the company have has posted 22 straight quarters of record high levels last year despite general merchandise division, last month, attributed a sharp ing margins in general merchan- risen 27 percent over the last year underlying sales growth. government efforts to limit them. A spanning clothing, footwear and slowdown in British retail sales dise, through supply-chain savings on hopes the billions of pounds Analysts are forecasting like- drop in Chinese steel demand has homewares. growth in May, after strong and lower levels of markdowns, spent by Bolland on the redesign for-like sales in a range of flat to even spurred some steelmakers to Britain’s biggest clothing growth in April, to shoppers rather than driving sales. of products, stores, logistics and up 0.5 percent, with a consensus sell their output abroad at a loss. retailer, which also sells upmarket buying fewer clothes in cooler He is targeting gross margin the website to address decades of of up 0.3 percent. In response, measures to pro- food, will update on first-quarter weather. growth of 1.5 to two percentage under investment will pay off. REUTERS tect steelmakers have been taken this year in countries including Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, India, the European Union, and Mexico. Summer gift season in Japan “We have asked the govern- ment to raise import duties by up to 40 percent on flat steel After settlement, BP products. For long products we plan to ask for duties of up to 30 percent,” said Bahador Ahramian, focuses on growth a board member of the Iran Steel Producers Association (ISPA). Earlier this year, Iran raised LONDON: BP’s $18.7bn set- of uncertainty and that is good import duties on certain steel tlement over the 2010 Gulf of news. BP management can now imports to between 10 and 20 Mexico spill draws a line under focus entirely on operations, espe- percent in response to a request years of uncertainty to allow it cially in the current challenging from ISPA and in line with the to focus once again on growth environment.” government’s bid to diversify the but could make it an acquisition BP had significantly narrowed economy away from oil. target. its oil production business in the Tehran is anxious to protect its The British energy giant, whose years following the Gulf of Mexico steel and iron ore sector, which it shares are still some 35 percent to Russia, Azerbaijan and Iraq sees as a strategic because it sup- below their value before the larg- and, like its peers, slashed capital plies dozens of related industries, est offshore spill in US history, expenditure this year in the face including construction and oil, still faces headwinds from the of lower oil prices. and indirectly employs millions sharp decline in oil prices and its The settlement puts BP on of people. large exposure to Russia. solid ground that will allow it to “We do not have proper anti- The settlement lifts a huge increase its dividend and expand, dumping duties in place in Iran weight off Bob Dudley, BP’s first said Stephen Simko analyst and we hope these measures US chief executive who was at research firm Morningstar. will function like anti-dumping appointed leader just six months “Using its newfound dry powder duties in practice. Most of the after the oil spill. He was tasked to address its portfolio weaknesses steel imports into Iran are coming with rebuilding a company could go a long way toward shor- from China,” added Ahramian. Department store staff dressed in “yukatas”, a kind of casual summer kimono, bow to greet customers in Tokyo responsible for one of the world’s ing up its outlook in the era of REUTERS as they promote sales for the traditional summer gift season, known as “ochugen”. A Bank of Japan survey worst oil spills after an explosion low oil and gas prices,” Simko said. on the Deepwater Horizon rig BP was forced to shed over showed on July 1 that confidence among major Japanese manufacturers increased in the three months to June. killed 11 people died and has since $40bn of assets to cover the spill’s faced an indefinable mountain of clean up and litigation costs, lead- legal claims. ing to speculation that it could be “For us this is closure for the acquired by a larger peer. Asia’s new plane passengers cause chaos major legal proceedings from Anish Kapadia, Managing the event,” Dudley told report- Director, International Upstream ers on Thursday. “This makes it Research at Tudor, Pickering HANOI: As VietJet Air Aeronautical University Asia passengers it will handle this wrong airport and a hijacking much clearer in terms of plan- Holt and Co investment bank flight 175 prepared to leave in Singapore. “The fact that year will be first-time fliers. scare when a pilot accidentally ning the future of the company said that while the settlement Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City, a you have people who have Khanh advocated better com- pushed the wrong button, accord- and managing and phasing our made BP a more attractive acqui- 43-year-old passenger opened never before seen an airplane munication and education for the ing to reports in Tuoi Tre news- investments.” sition, no company was likely to the emergency exit door getting on airplanes is a real public, as well as “sterner warn- paper. Aviation security violations For BP, which made $3.78bn in have the will to invest in BP, with because he wanted to go to the challenge.” ings from airlines and aviation jumped 96 percent in the first half profit last year, putting a figure on a market capitalization of around bathroom. Vietnam will be among the 10 regulators” to reduce the number of 2014, Vietnam News reported the spill bill will allow it to count $120bn. Nguyen Thanh Chuong, a fastest-growing aviation mar- of such incidents. Chuong was in July. its spare cash and start thinking The near halving of oil prices farmer from a village on the kets in the world in the next fined $687, but was excused after Stories of confused and errant about where to spend it. since last July to around $60 a outskirts of Hanoi, activated the two decades, according to the he showed that he lives below first-timers meddling with emer- “We’ll be able to spend more barrel and Royal Dutch Shell’s Airbus A321’s evacuation slide, International Air Transport the poverty line and his family is gency exits regularly crop up. A time on what we do well; which $70 billion bid to buy smaller rival causing a three-hour delay and Association. One in five of the recognized for contributing to the 61-year-old opened one in July is finding, producing, developing, BG Group had revived that specu- costing the airline tens of thou- nation’s 90 million citizens flies nation’s revolution. in Thanh Hoa province, claim- selling products in oil and gas,” lation and the settlement could sands of dollars. today and within two decades vir- While opening an emergency ing he forgot Vietnam Airlines’ Dudley said. The news of the set- offer the clarity needed for any He’s not alone. The sudden cre- tually all Vietnamese are expected door costs time and money, air- instruction not to do so without tlement was received with relief deal. ation of a middle class and the to travel by air, according to craft design makes it impossi- a cabin attendant’s permission, among investors, too with BP “The one thing it might do is rise of discount carriers is caus- Airbus Group SE. ble to do so while the plane is in while a farmer opened another shares soaring nearly 5 percent BP had always been slightly men- ing headaches for flight crews and Chuong’s decision to open the the air. Yet other blunders occur one in April to get some fresh air, following the announcement. tioned as takeover play since its ground staff across Asia as the emergency-row door in April that compromise safety as well as according to local media. “This settlement brings clarity been in this trouble, and I think world’s fastest-growing region for cost VietJet about $30,000 and profits. “We’re trained to keep a close and certainty for the future pay- companies have been slightly aviation welcomes 100 million new a chain-reaction of flight delays, Among 300 air-security viola- eye on passengers sitting near the ments so that is sort of a relief,” hesitant to make a bid while this fliers every year. Managing Director Luu Duc tions last year, Vietnam had two exit doors,” said Huong Nguyen, said Jean-Pierre Dmirdjian, ana- has been hanging over it,” said Joe “People are now more mobile Khanh said in an e-mail. The near-collisions, two incidents 32, who has worked as a flight lyst at London-based Liberum Rundle, head of trading at ETX than they have been in the his- airline, which has been operat- where air traffic controllers lost attendant for two carriers, includ- brokerage. “The settlement seems Capital. tory of mankind,” said Graham ing for almost four years, says at contact with planes preparing to ing one based in Vietnam. to mark the end of many years REUTERS Hunt, head of Embry-Riddle least 30 percent of the 10 million land, one plane that went to the WP-BLOOMBERG

Thai fishing industry struggles Euronext reports strongest H1 growth since 2011 on high trading volatility

LONDON: Pan-European as last year provides an easy com- equities, exchange-traded funds, stock exchange Euronext NV parison base, but from October warrants and certificates, bonds, reported its strongest six- onwards the comparison would derivatives, commodities and month trading since 2011 as become tough,” Kempen & Co indices. an uptick in volumes caused by analyst Joost de Rijk said. Average daily transaction value economic uncertainty boosted Average daily transaction value in ETFs in June more than dou- performance. on the Euronext cash order book bled to ¤587m from a year earlier, Trading volumes in European in June rose 54 percent to ¤9.2bn, according to Euronext, which saw markets have risen since the the operator of bourses in Paris, 38 new ETF listings during the fourth quarter of last year due to Amsterdam, Brussels, London period. uncertainty over the US Federal and Lisbon said. The exchange said commodity Reserve’s rate hike, currency fluc- Euronext, the largest exchange derivatives jumped 83 percent in tuations and fears of a Greek debt in continental Europe for trading, June from a year ago due aided default. competes with the London Stock by greater volatility in grains due The market volatility has ben- Exchange and Deutsche Boerse to adverse weather conditions in efited Euronext, which generated for company listings. Western Europe and Midwest 40 percent of its total revenue The exchange said eight new Plains. from cash trading volumes in the large-cap listings in the first half European wheat futures surged first quarter. bolstered total capital raised on to a six-month high, buoyed by The stock exchange reported Euronext to ¤61.7bn (£43.87bn), concerns about rain-hit crops in a 35 percent rise in average daily compared with ¤57.8bn a year the United States and potential transaction value in cash markets earlier. damage from a hot spell in west- during the period that included Last month, the London Stock ern Europe, traders told Reuters three of the ten days with the Exchange said it had raised total earlier this week. highest traded volume since equity capital of ¤16.5bn for the Shares in the company were Women buy fish at a market in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat yesterday. Around 5,000 Thai fish- January 2012. first five months of 2015 compared marginally up 0.3 percent at 37.60 ing boats have stopped operating out of fear they will be prosecuted over new rules, a fisheries body said, as “We are still going to see very with £17.6bn a year earlier. euros in Paris. authorities crackdown to avoid a European Union ban on fish products. high growth in cash trading in Q3 Euronext offers trading in REUTERS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Thanks to lobbyists, Uber’s US must incentivise service is in public interest

BY JUSTIN FOX

ber has become a fearsome, relentless lobbying machine. innovative immigrants That much is clear from Karen Weise’s remarkable account in the current Bloomberg Businessweek of how BY NOAH SMITH allowed to move here, he’d still The cheapest way to do this is a horrible system. The visas Uthe company overcame taxi-industry opposition and be living in Taiwan, and all his is to admit immigrants with last for three years and can be pesky local laws to bring its on-demand drivers to Portland, Oregon. ere’s a name for hard work, genius and entrepre- high skill levels. Unfortunately, renewed once, for a total of six Similar campaigns are in the works all over the country, and you to remember: neurial drive would be going to though many do come here, we years. After that, you need an the world. From Weise’s article: Yet- Ming Chiang. serve the Taiwanese economy. keep many others out. A recent employer to sponsor you for a Over the past year, Uber built one of the largest and most suc- It’s the name of an We let him in, and here he is, testimonial in Vox by William green card if you want to stay. cessful lobbying forces in the country, with a presence in almost American hero. creating jobs for Americans and Han gives a wrenching illustra- The need for H1-B renewal and every statehouse. It has 250 lobbyists and 29 lobbying firms regis- HYet-Ming Chiang is a pro- helping build a high-tech, high- tion of just how broken our sys- green card sponsorship leaves tered in capitols around the nation, at least a third more than Wal- fessor of materials science at value-added industry cluster tem is. Han, a New Zealander, high-skilled workers dependent Mart Stores. That doesn’t count municipal lobbyists. In Portland, Massachusetts Institute of here. has been living legally in the on their employers, almost like the 28th-largest city in the US, 10 people would ultimately register Technology. Materials science The US has a special super- US for 15 years, studying at Ivy indentured servants. to lobby on Uber’s behalf. They’d become a constant force in City is an unglamorous-sounding power, which few other nations League schools, working as a The problem with H1-B isn’t Hall. City officials say they’d never seen anything on this scale. field, but Chiang is doing glam- can match. We can recruit our lawyer, earning a high income just that it eventually kicks high- The natural first reaction to this is to recoil. This big, aggres- orous things. His quest is to own heroes. Imagine if only and paying his taxes. Despite skilled immigrants out of the sive company is using the almost $6bn it has raised from venture bring cheap, reliable batteries to one National Football League this stellar record, he is about country for no good reason. It’s capitalists and other investors to subvert the democratic process. humankind and to free us from team were able to draft players to be forced to leave, simply also that by tying high-skilled It also, as in Portland, often proceeds by simply breaking the law the tyranny of oil. and all the others had to train because the US doesn’t have a immigrants to their employers, and daring local authorities to do something. It feels icky. In 2001, he co-founded a bat- theirs from birth. You’d want to system for keeping people like it prevents them from starting tery research and manufac- be that one team, right? Well, him in the country: their own companies, like Yet- SHARING ECONOMY turing company called A123 that’s us. Only a few countries, To the Americans I have Ming Chiang did. Despite highly Except … local taxi and car-service regulation has long been a Systems, which manufactured mostly from the Anglosphere known, it really seems that skilled immigrants, the H1-B classic case of narrow interests prevailing over the public interest. batteries in the US. Sadly, the -- Canada, Australia, Singapore people, or at least law-abiding program keeps them competing In most American cities, taxis are used chiefly by out-of-town- company went bankrupt in 2012 -- can match us when it comes people like me, should be able to for your job instead of competing ers and people who can’t afford cars. New York City is the great and was sold. to recruiting and assimilating just go down to the DMV, fill out to create new jobs! exception -- lots of affluent and politically influential people take immigrants. some paperwork, and get citizen- Not only do we need to let taxis here -- and thus had relatively consumer-friendly regulation SKILLED IMMIGRANTS Immigrants eventually add ship. Time and again I have had in lots more high-skilled and a relatively functional taxi system (at least in Manhattan) But failure and second chances up to gross domestic product. to disabuse my friends of this immigrants, we need to make before Uber came along. Elsewhere, the users of taxis and other are an American tradition, and But a high-skilled immigrant misconception. ... Years spent as it much, much easier to get a car services had very little clout and the owners could, with only Chiang is back, this time with adds the most. Economists a student do not count. Neither green card, not an H1-B. We modest effort, shape rules that protected them from competition a new battery company called Eric Hanushek, Jens Ruhose do years on a work visa unless need skilled immigrants who and shortchanged consumers. 24M. It uses all-new technology and Ludger Woessmann esti- your employer is willing to spon- can apply for their own green Then Uber came along. Its interest in getting its drivers on the and, like A123, will put its fac- mate that about one-fifth to sor your green card. cards, without sponsorship. If road in more and more cities largely coincides with the consumer tories here in the US. one-third of the differences in Usually, when we talk about we don’t do this, a whole gen- interest in having more convenient ways of getting around. It’s not Chiang was born in Taiwan income among American states high-skilled immigration, we eration of American heroes will a perfect match -- consumers without smartphones are excluded and moved to the US -- Brooklyn, can be explained by differences talk about H1-B visas, which never become American in the from its beneficence, for example. And it’s not as if the incumbents to be precise -- when he was 6. in human capital -- i.e., educa- are temporary work visas spon- first place. trying to fend off Uber’s inroads are all fat-cats; a lot of them are If Chiang’s family hadn’t been tion and talent. sored by employers. But H1-B BLOOMBERG just taxi drivers trying to make a living. Still, Uber and its custom- ers together represent something a lot closer to the public interest than what the taxi industry and lawmakers were offering before it came along. Those customers have actually been essential to Uber’s lobby- ing success. From an article earlier this year by Buzzfeed’s Johana Bhuiyan: In January 2014, the Illinois House and Senate went after Uber with a series of new rules. They banned its drivers from airports, and capped how many hours they could sit behind the wheel each day. Yet instead of backing out of the market, Uber mobilized close to 90,000 customers to petition the governor to veto the rules. He did. And then Uber went for the throat, releasing contact infor- mation for legislators who otherwise might have tried to override the veto. When a legislator did file a motion to do so, the Illinois legislature had been sufficiently intimidated by outraged Uber customers that the motion was promptly denied. It would be one thing if this were all a zero-sum game, in which Uber cars simply displaced existing taxis. But it seems like -- I don’t know of a lot of hard evidence that one can point to just yet -- Uber and other app-centric, easy-to-use car services are actu- ally increasing the size of the available market, especially in cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles where taxi service wasn’t very good to begin with. In San Francisco, where Uber got its start and now claims to be bringing in more than three times as much revenue as the local taxi industry, the company contends that it is changing life in the city to a point where “car ownership will become more of a luxury than an economic necessity.” That could well be true, and it would be great for San Franciscans. There will come a day -- not all that long from now, one has to think -- when Uber will be the entrenched incumbent rather than the upstart changing how transportation works. At that point, its lobbyists will presumably devote their days to preserv- ing privileges and fending off competitors. That won’t be great, and it’s worth looking now for ways to draft laws that encourage continued competition. The debate over whether Uber drivers are employees or inde- pendent contractors may actually be a help here. To be reliably classified as independent contractors, Uber drivers need lots of freedom to drive for other services, and that means rival startups would have fewer barriers to entry. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate The world needs a single currency now

BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY earns next to nothing. The com- globalization and its harmful haircut as part of its International is nice, but it’s illusory, to a large revenues for a rainy-day fund pany had about $160bn in March effects, money doesn’t wander Monetary Fund-led bailout. extent: It helps balance a budget, instead. t’s almost a truism to say 2014 and made $1.795bn in inter- the world looking for opportu- To ensure that financial bring down debt levels and make If the world used the same cur- that membership in the euro est and dividend income that year nities. Mainly, it stays at home. resources are distributed more exports more competitive, but it rency, the problems inadvertently exacerbated the Greek cri- -- which is less than 1 percent, Even some of the recorded inter- evenly throughout the world, it hits ordinary people with high caused by the euro wouldn’t be Isis. The thinking goes like considering that the company’s national flows are in fact domes- would make sense to cut down inflation, according to Stephen replicated. German banks were this: Because Greece doesn’t kept increasing the cash holding. tic investment made through country-specific risk. Taking Kamin, director of international too willing to lend to projects in have its own currency, it couldn’t And there are companies, even offshore havens for tax purposes. monetary policy out of individual finance at the Federal Reserve the European periphery because increase its competitiveness and entire countries, that would kill No wonder direct investment is countries’ hands would go a long System. they felt they could trust mem- boost growth through devalu- to be financed at that rate -- but the most stable component of way toward that goal. The crisis has identified an area bers of the same exclusive cur- ation. Although devaluation is are forced to accept much higher cross-border capital movements: Currency risk would be elimi- in which the standard central rency club and because the euro a valuable instrument, I think ones, and not necessarily because Companies and individuals invest- nated -- the same monetary unit bank tools have become inade- made investing in Europe almost most countries and companies they are unsafe borrowers, but ing in specific projects do their would be in use everywhere -- quate in many countries: liquidity frictionless, an advantage the rest would benefit if the world, not just because they are often dragged homework on a micro level, and there would be a uniform provision and the lender-of-last of the world didn’t have. The one Europe, used a single currency. down by risk perceptions that so they probably have the best interest rate environment. The resort function. With the rise in world, one currency club would Today’s fragmented financial have little to do with reality. information. creditworthiness of specific bor- the share of financial transactions make friction disappear. world is unfair. On the one hand, Before the 2008 financial crisis, Generally, though, the fiscal rowers would be investors’ biggest undertaken in vehicle currencies Who should administer the glo- there’s Denmark with such a glut financial globalization - - defined regimes, political and macroeco- area of concern. That’s still a big such as dollars and euros, the bal central bank? The US would of currency, local and foreign, that as international capital inflows nomic risks of countries vary unknown, and there would always ability to print domestic currency want to -- the dollar is as close its central bank’s key deposit rate -- was on the rise, partly because so much that mistakes happen, be enough coups, revolutions, cor- may no longer suffice to address a to a global currency as we have is minus 0.75 percent and com- investors underestimated risk. even when a foreign investor can ruption, fraud and mismanage- liquidity crisis. -- but resistance from other glo- panies are considering overpay- After the mortgage crash, it afford detailed and knowledge- ment to throw the best models off In short, by giving up the right bal players would sink the project. ing their taxes because the Tax became clear that rating agencies able analysis. The bond guru kilter. Yet there would be much to print their own money, govern- This is where something like Ministry pays 1 percent inter- weren’t much help to investors in Michael Hasenstab’s investment less to worry about. ments stand to lose less and less. Bitcoin could come in handy: a est on the excess. Then there’s making such estimates and that in Ukrainian bonds for Franklin Now, the world’s 140 or so A country dependent on a single decentralized system that works Greece, which has had to limit local and specialized knowledge Templeton is a case in point: The currencies sometimes make natural resource -- say, oil -- is with little human intervention. withdrawals from automated was needed to make intelligent trade was thoroughly analyzed cross- border flows dangerous. tempted to spend when the price “Mining” rules could be estab- teller machines to 60 euros a day decisions. The European debt and Hasenstab traveled to Kiev Switzerland and Denmark have of that resource is high. Knowing lished to prevent anyone from because of a severe cash crunch. crisis only confirmed this. Cross- last year to talk to officials and both suffered from their com- that devaluation will be unavail- cornering the market, but the Consider the case of Apple, border investment fell off sharply: executives, but the country now mitment to their own currencies able when it falls will make such system would self-regulate. with an enormous cash pile that Despite all the talk of wants him to accept a 40 percent this year. 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Historic moment for Africa as Record-breaking Dennis Teklehaimanot starts Tour UTRECHT, Netherlands: The sweltering conditions would have been familiar to Daniel takes Tour opening stage Teklehaimanot as he rolled down the start ramp yesterday but not the wall of noise that hit him seconds later. Aussie sets new record for highest average speed in a Tour timetrial The first black African to ride the Tour de France was given the UTRECHT, Netherlands: honour of being the first of the Australian Rohan Dennis set a 198 riders to set off in the medi- new record for the highest aver- eval Dutch city of Utrecht where age speed in a Tour de France crowds estimated at 700,000 gath- timetrial as he won the open- ered to watch a 14km individual ing stage of the 2015 edition timetrial. yesterday. The 26-year-old is part of The 25-year-old scorched debut-making team MTN around the 13.8km course in just Qhubeka, the first African pro- 14min 56sec despite Utrecht being cycling outfit to line up in the suffocated by a heatwave. world’s greatest race. “I’ve broken a dry spell of wins “(The organisers) phoned me and what a way to do it,” said last night and said ‘do you want Dennis. to kick off the race?’,” team presi- He was the only rider to break dent and founder Doug Ryder the 15min mark and set a new told Reuters as Teklehaimanot Tour record of 55.446kph on aver- and his team mates, including age for a timetrial, beating the American Tyler Farrar, Norway’s 21-year-old mark set by Britain’s Edvald Boasson Hagen and South Chris Boardman over a course African Louis Meintjes, sweated that was just over half the length. on the rollers as the minutes More important for Dennis, ticked down to the start of the though, will be his opportunity first stage. to wear the yellow jersey on “Most teams don’t want to Sunday’s second stage over 166km start first, but when they said do from Utrecht to Zeeland. you want to kick off the Tour I “I left it all out there; I went was like ‘OK, we’d be honoured’. off harder than what I thought “When I told Daniel he was I should have and I came back starting he said ‘fantastic’.” harder than what I thought I Eritrea’s Teklehaimanot, one could,” said the BMC rider. of 17 children, is not just making Dennis had said before the Tour up the numbers in a team backed began that his whole season had by MTN, the South African tel- been built around training for this ecommunications company, and timetrial and that should he win, electronics giant Samsung. it would be “the happiest day” of He won the king of the his “life as a cyclist”. mountains jersey at the recent And he did so in style, beating Criterium du Dauphine and will three-time world timetrial cham- expect to be mixing it with the pion Tony Martin into second by world’s best climbers when the 5sec with four-time world cham- race reaches the Alps. pion Fabian Cancellara third at Australian rider Rohan Dennis of the BMC Racing Team competes in a 13.8km individual time-trial, during the first stage of the 102nd edition of the The MTN Qhubeka bus, embla- 6sec. Tour de France race in Utrecht yesterday. zoned with #bicycleschangelives, Amongst the overall contend- was thronged with people on ers, reigning champion Vincenzo that was bettered by Dennis, even over the line, but even then, no- who was 39th. Saturday, with Ryder’s pride clear Nibali surprised his rivals by though Van Emden’s time of 7min one could match the former Hour Spanish Giro d’Italia winner Tour de France as he explained his dream to the putting time into Chris Froome, 27sec at the 7.1km time check record holder. Home hope Tom Contador was 15sec behind the media. Alberto Contador and Nairo would remain unbeaten all day. Dumoulin was a second slower Italian while Quintana lost 18sec. Stage 1 Results Cheered on by fans waving Quintana. Dennis was only one second than Dennis at halfway but had History making Eritrean Eritrean flags, Teklehaimanot The first marker was set by behind but finished stronger to lost eight seconds by the end. pair Daniel Teklehaimanot and Results from Tour de France did not quite produce the ride he 2010 Dutch timetrial champion beat Van Emden’s time by 15sec. German Tony Martin was three Merhawi Kudus gave a respect- (Utrecht - Utrecht, 13.8 km) on would have liked over the 13.8km Saturday Jos van Emden, the ninth rider to He had to wait for almost two seconds down at halfway and had able account of themselves as the course — clocking 16 minutes 30 start, who finished in 15min 11sec. hours before the true challeng- lost another two seconds before first ever black Africans to ride 1. Rohan Dennis (Australia/BMC Racing) seconds. But less than half an hour later, ers to his time started to roll the finish. the Tour for their MTN Qhubeka 14:56” But along with Meintjes, fel- Dennis’s predecessor as World team, the first African outfit to 2. Tony Martin (Germany/Etixx - Quick-Step) low Eritrean Merhawi Kudus, Hour record-holder Matthias ride the Grand Boucle. +5” the youngest rider in the Tour Brandle of Austria could not trou- Teklehaimanot finished 146th 3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland/Trek) +7” at 21, and South African broth- ble the Australian, finishing sev- out of 198 riders in a time of 4. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands/Giant) +8” ers Jacques and Reinardt Janse enth at 23sec, while his successor, 16min 30sec with Kudus 175th in 5. Jos van Emden (Netherlands/LottoNL) van Rensburg, the days ahead will Britain’s Alex Dowsett, was well 16min 47sec. +15” provide many chances to show- off the pace at 36sec in 13th. Nibali’s Astana teammate Lars 6. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain/Movistar) case the African continent. By now there were very few Boom was at the start line after +23” “It’s David v Goliath, why not?” riders left expected to push his participation had been in Ryder said. “But we are here on 7. Matthias Braendle (Austria/IAM Cycling) for the stage victory and even doubt on Friday night due to a merit and not because we are an Spartacus, Cancellara, a five-time low cortisol level in an unofficial 8. Adriano Malori (Italy/Movistar) +29” African team. winner of opening stage timetri- test conducted by the Movement 9. Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands/LottoNL) “We want to be aggressive, als or prologues at the Tour, could for Credible Cycling (MPCC). +30” show off the team’s colours, show not unseat Dennis. Although it does not constitute 10. Steven Cummings (Britain/Team MTN) the potential of African cyclists Like Dumoulin he was a second a doping violation, the MPCC +32” and, of course, our Bicycles behind Dennis at halfway but like advises it’s member teams — who 11. Robert Gesink (Netherlands/LottoNL) Change Lives campaign.” everyone else he couldn’t match are aligned to the movement on a +33” That last part sums it up as Dennis’s pace over the second half voluntary basis — to stand down 12. Geraint Thomas (Britain/Team Sky) Qhubeka is a foundation that of the race. the rider for eight days on health 13. Alex Dowsett (Britain/Movistar) +36” hands out bicycles to young Italian Nibali caused a stir by grounds. Africans. 14. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands/Trek) beating the man he deposed as Astana failed to gain per- “If we can go back to (Tour +37” Tour winner, a seemingly out-of- mission from the International organisers) ASO and say not only sorts Froome, by 7sec. Cycling Union (UCI) to field a 15. Bob Jungels (Luxembourg/Trek) +38” were we successful but we put 16. Dylan van Baarle (Netherlands/ MTN-Qhubeka rider Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea prepares to start the Nibali finished 22nd in 15min replacement so they opted to let 5,000 students on bikes so they Cannondale) 13.8km individual time-trial first stage of the 102nd Tour de France race 39sec while the other two mem- Boom take to the start. can live their dreams and realise 17. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia/Etixx - Quick- in Utrecht yesterday. bers of the ‘fantastic four’ lost The 29-year-old Dutchman fin- their potential, then that’s fantas- even more time than Froome, ished 23rd at 44sec. AFP Step) +40” tic,” Ryder said. REUTERS Brazil announces torch route ahead of ‘historic’ Olympics

BRASILIA: Brazil’s President opportunity to reignite optimism sporting event has also been For a country known for unveiled the 2016 Olympic over the “honor and pride” at shaken, despite the overall suc- samba, caipirinha cocktails and torch on Friday with a vow to being the first South American cess of the World Cup. the famed Rio carnival, Friday’s overcome the Latin American country to host the Olympic Worries range from acute pol- unveiling ceremony was distinctly giant’s mounting problems — Games. lution in the Rio de Janeiro bay lacking in exuberance. ranging from massive corrup- “We are now 399 days from the where the sailing competition will Rousseff was flanked by dozens tion to street violence — in time opening of the Olympic Games take place to a resurgence of vio- of politicians in suits on a theater for a “historic” Rio games. and on August 5, the whole lent crime in the picturesque and stage where the audience was also The white torch, inlaid with world will look at us, will see the vibrant, but sometimes chaotic largely comprised of people in blue and green waves, was shown Olympic flame light up,” she said. place dubbed by Brazilians “the business suits, clapping politely off at a ceremony in the capi- Coming on the back of the 2014 marvelous city.” during her speech. tal Brasilia. Next May, officials football World Cup in Brazil, the Rousseff, known widely here However, officials believe that announced, it will depart on 2016 Olympics had been seen simply as Dilma, said the games the torch’s journey around the a tour of 300 cities and towns underlining the rise of this coun- would show what Brazil can do. country will get the whole coun- across the vast country, before try of 200 million as a major eco- “We are confident that we can try fired up. arriving for the opening Olympic nomic and political power. meet the challenge before us. We The route will take in “close to ceremony on August 5 at Rio de However, a steady drip of bad will put on a historic Olympics,” 90 per cent of the Brazilian popu- Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium. news has since eroded Brazil’s she said. lation,” the tourism ministry said. “There will be around 12,000 standing and sent Rousseff’s own Brazilians, said the President, As a result, “the Olympic torchbearers and the flame ratings plunging to nine percent. should take inspiration from their Games are a golden opportunity will travel along approximately The country’s biggest company, athletes. Athletes train “not to not just for Rio de Janeiro but 20,000km (12,430 miles) of state-owned oil major Petrobras, give up, to conquer, with much for Brazil to promote itself as a Brazilian roads,” as well as rack- is at the center of a huge corrup- effort and much work,” she said. tourist destination for Brazilians, ing up thousands of air miles, tion scandal, scaring investors “Brazil has this characteristic. rather than an international mar- the Rio2016 organizing commit- and tainting Rousseff, even if she I am sure that the Olympics is a ket,” Tourism Minister Henrique Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (left) and President of the Brazilian tee said. has not been implicated. symbolic moment for us. We will Eduardo Alves said. Olympic Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman talk during the presentation of For Rousseff, beset by plunging Confidence in Brazil’s abil- show what this country is made “Everyone will feel they are the Rio 2016 Olympic torch and the relay schedule, in Brasilia, on Friday. popularity, the ceremony was an ity to stage the world’s biggest of,” she said. taking part,” Rousseff said. AFP SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT England bank on Bayliss to douse Australian fire LONDON: A callow England team with a new coach take on a bullish and streetwise Australia in an intriguing Ashes series which should provide plenty of drama and aggressive cricket. Michael Clarke’s touring side will attempt to win the urn on English soil for the first time in 14 years and Alastair Cook’s hosts will try to win back the trophy following their crushing 5-0 defeat in the last series Down Under. Two years ago Australia went the first test in Cardiff starting into the Ashes with a new coach on Wednesday but it would be a in Darren Lehman and lost 3-0, gamble given the prolific form of but it was a victory margin the Australians. which flattered England. Steve Smith is the top-ranked This time around the hosts batsman in the world after a will be led by Australian coach phenomenal run while David Trevor Bayliss (pictured) who Warner, Chris Rogers, Clarke will aim to build on the feelgood and Watson are proven run- factor generated by England’s scorers in English conditions. Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Pradeep (centre) celebrates with his team-mates after dismissing Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad during the second day of the third impressive resurgence in the The first test usually proves Test match, at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele yesterday. recent one-day series against to be pivotal. New Zealand. Two years ago England won Australia all-rounder Shane a thrilling and fluctuating game Watson believes having the in Nottingham by 14 runs and in 52-year-old Bayliss at the helm 2009 the hosts’ last-wicket pair will give England an advantage. Anderson and Monty Panesar “He knows a lot of us very survived for 37 minutes in Cardiff Pakistan hand Sri Lanka well,” Watson said. “He’ll have to secure the draw which set up these ideas about how he can try a 2-1 series win. REUTERS to expose our team. The edge will be the inside information he will have. But we know that if we are Ashes Series This at our best we will be very hard advantage in decider to beat.” Century England stagnated under LONDON: Following is former coach Peter Moores, a factbox on Ashes series Tourists’ brittle top-order nullifies good work by Yasir drawing a test series in West between England and Indies this year before being Australia played this century. held by New Zealand on home The 2015 series begins on PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: much better than the scores tell soil under Paul Farbrace. Wednesday in Cardiff. Pakistan’s brittle top-order Scoreboard you. It’s been disciplined bowling After two barren years ASHES SERIES RESULTS undid the good work by leg- and we’ve also been good on the Alastair Cook has rediscovered spinner Yasir Shah as Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (I innings): Pakistan (I innings): field. his batting form but doubts Series: 8 seized control of the series- D Karunaratne st Sarfraz b Azhar ...... 130 Shan Masood lbw Prasad ...... 13 “We’re really happy with where remain about whether he has England wins: 4 deciding third and final Test in K Silva c Sarfraz b Rahat ...... 9 Ahmed Shehzad c Chandimal b Pradeep ....21 we are at the moment.” the captaincy acumen to outwit Australia wins: 4 U Tharanga c Younis b Yasir ...... 46 Azhar Ali c Karunaratne b Pradeep ...... 52 Pallekele yesterday. Pakistan lost both open- the Australians. 2001 (in England) Australia won 4-1 L Thirimanne c (sub-Azam) b Yasir ...... 11 Younis Khan (run out) ...... 3 Having been bowled out for 278 ers, Shan Masood and Ahmed “I’m not sure how much flair 2002/03 (in Australia) Australia won 4-1 A Mathews c (sub-Azam) b Yasir ...... 3 Asad Shafiq lbw Prasad ...... 15 in the first innings, Sri Lanka hit Shehzad, by the score of 40 and he has,” said former England 2005 (in England) England won 2-1 back to reduce Pakistan to 209-9 J Mubarak st Sarfraz b Yasir ...... 25 Sarfraz Ahmed (batting) ...... 72 star batsman Younis Khan was captain Mike Brearley who mas- 2006/07 (in Australia) Australia won 5-0 by stumps on the second day that D Chandimal lbw Rahat ...... 24 Misbah-ul Haq lbw Pradeep...... 6 run out off the last ball of the terminded three Ashes victories. saw 11 wickets fall on the evenly- D Prasad c Yasir b Azhar ...... 0 Ehsan Adil lbw Kaushal ...... 0 morning session to make it 45-3. “It will be difficult for him if 2009 (in England) England won 2-1 paced pitch. T Kaushal lbw Rahat ...... 18 Yasir Shah c Chandimal b Prasad ...... 18 Azhar and Asad Shafiq repaired things don’t go well to start with 2010/11 (in Australia) England won 3-1 Nuwan Pradeep grabbed 3-26 in S Lakmal (not out) ...... 6 Rahat Ali lbw Kaushal ...... 2 the early damage with a 46-run — and if he doesn’t feel he’s got 2013 (in England) England won 3-0 N Pradeep lbw Yasir ...... 0 Imran Khan (batting) ...... 0 14 steady overs and fellow seamer stand for the fourth wicket on the same spirit that the team 2013/14 (in Australia) Australia won 5-0 Extras (LB-3, W-3) ...... 6 Extras (LB-4, W-1, NB-2) ...... 7 Dhammika Prasad chipped in either side of a 19-minute inter- have had in the one-day matches The following statistics relate to players likely another three wickets to cause a Total (all out) ...... 278 Total (for 9 wkts) ...... 209 ruption for rain early in the post- recently, and if he doesn’t quite Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-106, 3-133, 4-137, Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-40, 3-45, 4-91, to be involved in the 2015 series. dramatic Pakistani collapse. lunch session. feel in charge. MOST ASHES WICKETS Sarfraz Ahmed returned 5-204, 6-248, 7-248, 8-264, 9-277, 10-278. 5-135, 6-151, 7-152, 8-197, 9-202 A heavy downpour for the sec- “Alastair Cook is not a big England fast bowler James Anderson has unbeaten on a gallant 72 and Bowling: Rahat 21-4-74-3 (w1); Ehsan 14-3- Bowling: Prasad 19-1-78-3 (w1); Lakmal 14- ond time forced the umpires to extrovert. He’s not somebody taken the most wickets having struck 77 Azhar Ali made 52, but none of 37-0 (w1); Imran 16-3-51-0 (w1); Yasir 31.5- 1-64-0 (nb2); Pradeep 14-5-26-3; Mathews call for an early tea, but Pakistan’s who is going to change things in times in 23 tests between 2006 and 2014. the other batsmen settled down to 4-78-5; Azhar 7-0-35-2. 4-1-3-0; Kaushal 13-1-34-2. woes just refused to end as the dramatic ways.” form a sizeable partnership. next three wickets fell for 17 runs Brearley thinks Australia have Mitchell Johnson is the most prolific bowler Pakistan were struggling at overseas bowlers to claim five or “This Test is open and the in five overs. a significant advantage in their in the Australia squad having taken 72 152-7 when Yasir helped Sarfraz more wickets in an innings three closer we get to their total, it will Azhar was on 49 and Pakistan bowling attack spearheaded wickets in 14 Ashes matches from 2009 to add 45 for the eighth wicket, him- times during a Test series in Sri improve our chances,” he said. still 158 runs behind when he by Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell 2014. He was voted player of the series in self contributing 18 with the bat Lanka. “The third innings of the match is was reprieved by TV umpire Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Ryan Australia’s whitewash win in 2013-14, with to follow his impressive bowling. Yasir had taken 2-79 and 7-76 always very important, and if we Sundaram Ravi after on-field offi- Harris. his most devastating spell coming in the Yasir claimed another five- in the first Test in Galle to fash- can get them early, we can turn cial Paul Reiffel had declared him “Australia are a very tough second test when he took seven wickets for wicket haul as Sri Lanka added ion Pakistan’s 10-wicket win. He this match around. caught behind off Prasad. team,” Brearley said. “On paper, 40 runs during England’s first innings. six runs to their overnight score then claimed 6-96 and 2-55 in the “We are very positive. Our But Azhar only managed to add they’re a better team than us. MOST ASHES RUNS of 272-8 before they were dis- second match in Colombo that Sri problem today was we were not another three runs when he edged They’ve certainly got better Australia captain Michael Clarke has missed within 20 minutes of the Lanka won by seven wickets. able to build partnerships. But a drive off Pradeep to be snapped bowling than we have. amassed the most Ashes runs, 2,109 in 53 start. The 29-year-old, who hails from tomorrow is a new day and time up by Dimuth Karunaratne at “But we’re playing at our home innings since making his debut in the historic Tharindu Kaushal was leg- the Khyber region of northwest to make a fresh start.” second slip. grounds, which makes a differ- fixture in 2005. His highest score is 187. before to left-arm seamer Rahat Pakistan, has already grabbed 59 Sri Lankan coach Marvan Pakistan captain Misbah-ul ence. If we can get that spirit His opposite number Alastair Cook is Ali for 18 and last man Pradeep wickets in a 10-Test career which Atapattu credited the bowlers for Haq, who came in to bat at going, and people play to their England’s leading run scorer against the fell in the same fashion to Yasir began in October last year. the turnaround after the modest number seven due to a mild groin best, then we’ve got a chance.” Australians with 1,787 in 25 Ashes tests. Ian without scoring. Azhar said Pakistan could still first innings total. strain, became Pradeep’s third England were lifted in the New Bell is close behind with 1,768 in six series. Yasir finished with 5-78, joining turn the Test in their favour with “It’s a great comeback from the scalp when he was given out leg- Zealand series by positive and Kevin Pietersen is the only player to have his idol Shane Warne as the only three days remaining. bowlers,” he said. “The wicket is before after making six. AFP match-changing innings from scored more Ashes runs than Clarke their middle-order batsmen. this century, 2,158 in 27 matches. The “One of the exciting things controversial right-hander is not in the is the flair in the young play- England squad. Clarke still hungry for Ashes success ers from number five to number MOST ASHES CATCHES eight — Joe Root is a terrific SYDNEY: Michael Clarke predecessor Ricky Ponting was he is as much the architect of the player, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler The captains lead by example in the field with could not have looked less like unable to achieve in two attempts, aggressive style of play that has and Moeen Ali,” Brearley said. Clarke having taken the most catches with the “pup” of his nickname as he would also offer him the perfect brought Australia such success Cook will need major contri- 29. England captain Cook has taken 28. prepared to depart Australian moment to bow out of test cricket over the last two years as coach butions from his experienced NARROW VICTORY shores for his seventh and final after 11 years wearing the baggy Darren Lehmann. opening bowlers James Anderson Edgbaston hosts the third test in the 2015 Ashes series. green. A great student of the game, and Stuart Broad and will be series. The ground in Birmingham was the It may have been the early hour Already on the record as say- Clarke may have lost the role as desperate for Gary Ballance and scene of the narrowest victory in Ashes of the May morning, the hango- ing he would not be playing on selector which he enjoyed in the Ian Bell to rediscover their form history when England beat Australia by two ver from a summer battling with into his late 30s, Clarke knows the first years of his captaincy but he at numbers three and four. runs in the second test in 2005. That was injury or the emotional scars from degenerating disc in his back will directs his fielding resources with England could be tempted to also the second narrowest run victory in test the death of Phillip Hughes but not carry him to the next Ashes great energy and creativity from play leg-spinner Adil Rashid in history. Clarke looked every day of his 34 series in 2017-18. his position in the slips. years as he spoke to reporters at Nothing if not decisive, he quit Clarke’s reign has not always Sydney Airport. Twenty20s in 2011 to focus on the been smooth — he inherited a He had taken a few weeks off test captaincy and called time on team in disarray from Ponting Former after his team’s World Cup tri- his one-day career at the very and was booed on to the pitch England umph and ahead of him was a top after the World Cup final in at his beloved Sydney Cricket captain two-Test tour of the Caribbean March. Australian captain Michael Clarke Ground in his first innings as Michael followed by the ultimate challenge The blooming of Steve Smith, reacts during a practice match captain. Atherton for an Australian cricketer, an already anointed his successor, against Essex at the Essex County Reservations over the diamond attends the Ashes series in England. and resurgence of Australia’s Ground in Chelmsford yesterday. earring, bleached blonde hair and Investec “Success, nothing’s changed pace attack means the team are celebrity girlfriend of Clarke in Ashes there,” he said when asked what no longer as reliant on his bat- It says much about his views on his 20s have eased, however, as Launch he was hoping for in the months ting as they were for much of his leading by example that his record he became a happily married Press ahead. captaincy. in the 41 tests since he assumed thirtysomething. Conference In England, Clarke has the He remains a formidable bats- the captaincy in the wake of the And in the tragedy of last in London chance to become the first man, however, with a test aver- Ashes debacle of 2010-2011 is even December’s death of his “little on Australian captain to win an age of 50.66 in the 110 matches better, 3,769 runs at an average of brother” Hughes, Clarke briefly Thursday. Ashes series on foreign soil since since he scored a century on 57.10 with 14 centuries. became the leader not only of a Steve Waugh in 2001. debut against India in Bangalore His captaincy has never been cricket team but an entire nation Success, something his in 2004. just about batting, however, and in grief. REUTERS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Galatasaray Double Jamaican sprint delight finally get their man as Powell and Fraser-Pryce storm to 100m glory, Barshim finishes fifth Podolski signs

PARIS: Jamaican sprinters personal best with an African ISTANBUL: Lukas Podolski Asafa Powell and Shelly-Ann record of 43.96sec to beat completed his transfer from Fraser-Pryce made up for the Grenada’s Olympic champion Arsenal to Galatasaray yes- absence of injured Usain Bolt by Kirani James (44.17) into second. terday after the Turkish club storming to double 100m glory “Kirani is the guy who inspires agreed a fee of around $4.45m in the Diamond League meet in me, so it’s something special to finally land their man at the Paris yesterday. that I was able to win,” said Van fourth attempt. But there was heartbreak for Niekerk. “I think it’s the start of The Germany striker signed Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba who something great for me.” his contract in front of fans of narrowly missed out on breaking James, also 22, said he would the Istanbul side, who won the her older sister Tirunesh’s world go straight into full training for domestic league last season and record in the women’s 5000m. Beijing. have snared the 30-year-old hav- Former 100m world record “This was my last race before ing tracked him for three years. holder Powell held his nerve to the worlds,” he said. “It was a very Podolski, who made two power through the line in 9.81 competitive race and Wayde ran appearances for Germany in the seconds, Frenchman Jimmy a very good one. But I’m satisfied World Cup last year but did not Vicaut equalling the European with my season so far, I’m consist- play against Argentina in the record of 9.86sec in second ahead ent enough.” final, will be looking to kick-start of American Michael Rodgers Reigning world, African and his career after failing to establish (9.99). Commonwealth champion Eunice himself at Arsenal. “It was a great race and I got Sum continued her unbeaten year Although he scored 31 goals a good start!” beamed Powell. “I with a comprehensive victory in in 82 appearances in his three need to keep my focus and run the women’s 800m in a world- seasons there after his 11 mil- fast like that. leading 1:56.99. lion pounds move from Cologne “I saw Jimmy was close and I And there was more Kenyan in July 2012, he was in and out of thought ‘wow’.” glory in the men’s 1500m, Silas the side and was loaned to Inter Defending two-time Olympic Kiplagat kicking magnificently for Milan for the second half of last 100m champion Fraser-Pryce Jamaica’s Asafa Powell celebrates after winning the men’s 100m during the IAAF Diamond League athletics home to win in 3:30.12, also the season, managing one goal in 10 is not doubling up at the world meeting at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, yesterday. fastest time this season. appearances. championships in Beijing, say- In the field, Qatari favourite Podolski was clearly pleased to ing her coach Stephen Francis In a gripping 5,000m, Dibaba The 30-year-old’s comeback a cropper on the final hurdle to Mutaz Essa Barshim could only put his recent frustrations behind wanted to regain her explosive and compatriot Almaz Ayana from double surgery ended meekly allow Jairus Kipchoge Birech in finish fifth as Russian Daniil him. start. were glued together until the last with a foul, but she promised to in a world leading 7:58.83. Tsyplakov (2.32m) beat off “I’m really happy with the great That certainly did not hinder lap when the former struck out. be in shape for the Beijing worlds. Jager still snagged an American Bahamian Donald Thomas on team mates that I’ve got here her at the Stade de France as she But her efforts were to no avail “I knew the winning streak was record after scrambling back countback. who I used to follow before in the blasted to an impressive victory as she fell an agonising 4.26sec in danger and I lost it, but I do to his feet and finishing sec- Home hopes were then league matches on TV,” he said. in 10.75sec, ahead of Nigerian short of her sister’s record of not feel that sorry. We can start ond (8:00.45), Kenya’s two-time dashed when Renaud Lavillenie “In any case I was always aware Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor 14:11.15 set in Oslo in 2008. again!” Adams said. Olympic champion Ezekiel failed three times at 5.86m, of the great and exciting atmos- (10.80) and American English There was the unusual sight “With better execution, I will Kemboi down in 11th. Konstantinos Filippidis going on phere that surrounds Galatasaray Gardner (10.97). in the women’s shot put of see- improve. There’s still a lot of time “This is a wake-up call for to win the pole vault in 5.91m. -- a team that aims to please the “When you have good runners ing double Olympic and four-time until Beijing.” Kenya,” hollered Birech. “We need And Lavillenie’s teammate fans. you always run fast,” said Fraser- world champion Valerie Adams Another unlikely spectacle was to go back and train and be ready Pascal Martinot-Lagarde flopped “Speaking of which, the very Pryce. “That’s the motivation for finishing off the podium in fifth, watching American Evan Jager for Jager.” in the 100m hurdles, coming in warm Galatasaray fan support me. her first loss in almost five years leading a strong field of Kenyans Wayde Van Niekerk ran a fan- fifth as Cuban Orlando Ortega which I also knew about before “But I have room to improve in breaking a 56-event winning into the final bend of the men’s tastic men’s 400m, the 22-year- stormed home in an impressive really helped me make my deci- my technique and in the start.” streak. 3000m steeplechase, only to come old South African shattering his 12.94sec. AFP sion about signing.” Galatasaray, whose one European title came when they beat Arsenal on penalties in the UEFA Cup final in 2000, origi- nally tried to sign Podolski in 2012 and they made two more failed Australia pacer Harris attempts until securing his sig- nature on Saturday. Erbatur Ergenekon, pundit for NTV Sport in Turkey, added: “Podolski is a world star, a very retires on eve of Ashes famous football player not only on the pitch. Off the pitch it LONDON: Veteran Australia debut in 2010 at the age of 30. Australia before moving to will bring so many things to fast bowler Ryan Harris His best figures were 7-117 against Queensland, as one of the most Galatasaray and Turkish football. announced his retirement from England at Chester-le-Street in talented players he has worked “Now there are two big world all forms of cricket yesterday, 2013. He also played 21 one-day with. stars in Galatasaray with Wesley just four days before the start of internationals, claiming 44 wick- “Ryan always gave it his all for Sneijder and Podolski and that the Ashes. ets at an average of 18.90. his country and he epitomises will make it tougher for their The 35-year-old had been left “I’m pretty lucky, I have had everything the baggy green stands rivals like Fenerbahce and out of Australia’s final warm-up a wonderful career and nothing for,” Lehmann said. Besiktas.” match against Essex after suffer- made me prouder than pulling on “His never say die attitude Meanwhile, Premier League ing a recurrence of the knee trou- the Baggy Green,” added Harris. was his signature as he left abso- champions Chelsea signed ble that has plagued his career. “I played 27 more Tests than I lutely nothing on the field each Colombia striker Radamel Falcao Scans revealed that his right ever thought I would and I have time he played and I think that on a season-long loan from knee had suffered more damage. relished every single moment of is something for which he should Monaco on Friday with an option “Given the news I received them. This is a very special team be incredibly proud,” the former to make the deal permanent. yesterday (Friday), and after and I know they will do Australia Australia batsman added. The 29-year-old had an indif- talking it over with my family, I proud in this Ashes Series. I know CA chairman Wally Edwards, ferent spell on loan at Manchester know now is the right is the time I will certainly be watching every congratulating Harris on an “out- United last term, scoring four to step away from cricket,” Harris ball. standing career,” said: “Ryan has goals in 29 games. said in a Cricket Australia (CA) “I am lucky enough to have a been a wonderful role model and “I am very happy to be join- statement. wonderful family who have sup- has proved to state cricketers ing Chelsea and can’t wait to CA added that 22-year-old Pat ported me through the ups and around the nation that age is no start training and help with our Cummins has been called up to downs of my career and I’m look- barrier to national selection if you aim of retaining the league title replace Harris ahead of the first ing forward to the next chapter have talent, commitment and a and being successful in Europe,” Ashes Test which gets underway of my life with them and spending burning desire to succeed.” Falcao told the club website in Cardiff on Wednesday. time with my new son Carter.” Harris missed Australia’s Australia’s Ryan Harris reacting during the fifth Test of the 2013 Ashes (www.chelseafc.com). Harris took 113 wickets in 27 Australia coach Darren recent 2-0 series win in the West series against England at the Oval Cricket ground in London, Britain in Falcao previously played for Tests at an impressive average Lehmann described Harris, Indies to be present for the birth this file picture dated August 23, 2013. River Plate, Porto and Atletico of 23.52 after only making his who started his career in South of his son. AFP Madrid. AGENCIES A-Rod receives milestone ball, settles bonus dispute

NEW YORK: Controversial things over the years,” Rodriguez the all-time home run list. The slugger Alex Rodriguez got the Baseball Results responded. Yankees had argued the bonus home run ball he smashed for Miami 2 Chicago Cubs 1 A-Rod is back this season after was at their discretion, and they his 3,000th career hit after all Washington 2 San Francisco 1 serving a 162-game suspension for opted out because his drug- on Friday after the New York doping violations linked to the tainted past means the achieve- NY Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 5 Yankees made a deal with the Biogenesis steroid scandal. ment isn’t marketable. fan who caught it. Cleveland 5 Pittsburgh 2 The episode wasn’t Rodriguez’s In a deal announced jointly by Zack Hample presented the ball Detroit 8 Toronto 6 first brush with doping. In 2009, Major League Baseball and the to Rodriguez prior to the Yankees’ Houston 12 Boston 8 he had admitted to using banned MLB Players Association, the home game against Tampa Bay. Milwaukee 12 Cincinnati 1 performance-enhancing sub- Yankees have agreed to pay $3.5m The Yankees will donate Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 1 stances from 2001 to 2003 while to charity. $150,000 to Pitch In For Baseball, with the Texas Rangers. A total of $1m will be divided LA Angels 8 Texas 2 a charity which Hample has sup- Since returning this season, among the Special Operations ported since 2009 that provides Chicago White Sox 1 Baltimore 0 Rodriguez has been gradually Warrior Foundation, Boys & Girls equipment and promotes youth Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2 winning back once-hostile fans, Club of Tampa and Pitch In For baseball in underprivileged areas San Diego 2 St Louis 1 but response to his achievement Baseball, with the Major League around the world. Seattle 9 Oakland 5 of a spate of milestones has been Baseball Urban Youth Foundation Rodriguez also gave him a Arizona 4 Colorado 3 mixed. receiving $2.5m. Not only will the signed jersey and bat. NY Mets 2 LA Dodgers 1 On Friday, however, it was Yankees save $2.5m from the orig- Rodriguez became just the 29th announced that the Yankees and inal $6m bonus figure, but they Major League Baseball player to out-of-play balls thrown to him Rodriguez had resolved a disa- will save more than $2m in luxury reach 3,000 hits when he belted a by players or field attendants -- greement over financial bonuses tax they would have owed had homer against Detroit at Yankee initially said he didn’t plan to give due to him for historic statistical the payment gone to Rodriguez Stadium on June 19. the ball to Rodriguez. accomplishments. himself. MLB commissioner Rob Hample, a collector who says On Friday he said he was sorry Since May, Rodriguez and the Manfred will consult Rodriguez in San Diego Padres starting pitcher Andrew Cashner (34) throws during he has caught more than 30 about “a couple of stupid things, team had been at odds over a deciding exactly which initiatives the second inning of a baseball game against the St Louis Cardinals at home run balls -- and snagged negative things” he said about $6 million bonus payment that the $2.5m payment to the Urban Busch Stadium yesterday. some 8,000 overall, including foul Rodriguez on Twitter. he believed he was owed for Youth Foundation will benefit. balls, batting practice balls and “I have a PhD in saying dumb tying Willie Mays for fourth on AFP SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Japan and US set for spicy World Cup final rematch Third showdown between the two sides in a major championship final

VA NCOU V ER: Japan can expect a United States at “full throttle” and bent on revenge England’s head coach Mark today as the Asian champions Sampson speaks during a press bid to defend their title in the conference at the FIFA Women’s Women’s World Cup final. World Cup in Edmonton yester- It will be the third showdown Members of Japan’s day. England meets Germany in between the two sides in a major national team take part the bronze medal match. championship final. in a training session in Nicknamed ‘the Nadeshiko’ - Vancouver yesterday, a pink flower symbolising grace on the eve of the 2015 No Blatter, no and beauty - Japan won the 2011 FIFA Women’s World World Cup crown in dramatic Cup final against the fashion in Frankfurt, Germany. US. Bottom: US for- problem say The United States, World Cup ward Alex Morgan winners in 1991 and 1999, twice speaks at a press con- World Cup relinquished a one-goal lead before succumbing in a penalty ference in Vancouver shootout. yesterday. organisers But the Americans took the Olympic gold ahead of Japan in VA NCOU V ER: Players do not London in 2012. care who hands out trophies Both squads include many of and the absence of embattled the same players who were on the FIFA president Sepp Blatter pitch in the 2011 final, including will not have any impact on all four goal scorers. the Women’s World Cup final, Alex Morgan and Abby is on the line, my foot on the pedal our arsenal. “Japan are very organisers said on Friday. Wambach scored for the United full force. Our confidence is grow- methodical and very technical. With world soccer’s govern- States, while Homare Sawa and ing, it grew against China and The American style is a little bit ing body embroiled in corruption Aya Miyama were on target for Germany and now it’s no regrets, more individualism in our players. investigations, Blatter’s US based the Japanese. full throttle. “We’ve played them many times lawyer has told Reuters the FIFA Carli Lloyd was one of three US “We know what’s at stake and since 2011, but their game has chief will not travel to Vancouver players to miss her penalty kick in have to play our best. We’ll be able changed as well.” for Sunday’s final between the 2011, but scored both goals in the to weather the storm, we’ve fresh Japan defender Saki Kumagai United States and Japan. Americans’ 2-1 win in the 2012 legs and are physically fit.” said revenge will be a factor, but It will be the first time Blatter Olympic final. The United States could also her fourth-ranked side will be has not presented the trophy to “I want to bring everything I be considered the home favour- need more to lift them past the the winners of the women’s com- have to this game,” warned Lloyd, ite with the 53,000-plus crowd at world number two team. petition, which is held every four who has been in stunning form BC Place Stadium in Vancouver “It’s a revenge (match) cer- years, since he became FIFA pres- in Canada, scoring and setting up largely behind the Americans. tainly for both sides because four ident in 1998. another goal in a 2-0 semi-final “We feel like we’re playing in years ago we had the final in “The players don’t care who win over top-ranked Germany. the US,” Lloyd said. Germany and for us two years ago gives them the trophy to be quite “For me in the final everything Japan have won all their games we lost the final in the Olympics. frank with you,” Canadian Soccer so far in Canada by a one-goal “We want to face the United Association president Victor margin while the United States States with a fresh feeling but it Montagliani told reporters dur- Factfile of Finalists where held to a goalless draw by will be a revenge for sure,” she ing the tournament’s final press Japan Sweden in their tough Group D. said. conference. Qualification: Asian Cup winners 2014 The Americans, however, have “The most important thing is “It’s the prerogative of the been gaining momentum, with that we don’t concede a goal in the president, or anybody at FIFA, Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, wins over China 1-0 and Germany first half, that’s the key.” to go to whatever competition 2003, 2007, 2011 2-0, in their last two games while Another key will be containing they want. Previous best World Cup finish: Champions Japan beat England 2-1 thanks to Wambach. “The choice was made but I 2011; quarter-finals 1995 an own goal by defender Laura “Abby is very tall and powerful, actually think in light of the cir- Honours: World Cup champions 2011; Asian Bassett in their semi-final. we have to beware of her becom- cumstances, the focus needs to champions 2014, runners-up 1986, 1991, Despite their familiarity, each ing a pivotal player,” Kumagai be on the games and the players 1995, 2001; Olympic silver medal 2012 team expects to see changes in said. “We have to be very aggres- not the suits that run football like Head coach: Norio Sasaki the other. sive from the first touch and as myself or anybody else. FIFA Ranking: 4 “They are less of a surprise,” a team.” “As I said, whoever wins the United States said American Megan Rapinoe. The Americans are bidding to World Cup, whether it’s you or Qualification: CONCACAF champions 2014 “Last time they came out of become the first three-time cham- me who hands them the trophy, nowhere. We know them a little pions, while Japan want to follow I’m sure they are not too bothered Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, bit better and they know us, but in the footsteps of Germany, who by it.” 2003, 2007, 2011 they don’t play exactly the same won back-to-back titles in 2003 Blatter, the self-styled “god- Best World Cup finish: Champions 1991, way as in 2011.” and 2007. father of women’s football,” said 1999; runners-up 2011; 3rd place 1995, “It’s a great testament to both Kumagai believes Japan are up before the tournament began on 2003, 2007 teams that we’ve made it to to the task. June 6 that he was looking for- Honours: World Cup winners 1991, 1999, the finals of three big tourna- “Compared to four years ago or ward to being in Canada. Olympic champions 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012; ments,” said US defender Becky even two years ago all our team FIFA said in a statement CONCACAF champions 1991, 1993, 1994, Sauerbrunn. members have grown. that Secretary General Jerome 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014 “We’re getting better and “It will be a game where all of Valcke would also not travel to Head coach: Jillian Ellis we’ll be peaking at the right us will show how we have grown Vancouver. FIFA Ranking: 2 time. We’ve a lot of things in and developed our skills.” AFP Reuters was unable to deter- mine the specific reasons why Paths to Final at Blatter, a Swiss national, had decided not to attend the final. Women’s World Cup Some lawyers with experience Turf row spark as world football VA NCOU V ER: Holders in international criminal cases Japan and the United States’ said that Blatter would be ill- paths to the final of the advised to travel after an indict- Women’s World Cup today ment announced on May 27 by US (FIFA ranking in brackets): prosecutors against nine current players’ union opens to women JAPAN (holders, 4) and former FIFA officials and five Group C sports marketing businessmen. VA NCOU V ER: The row over the Women’s World body FIFA as “very conservative and out of touch”. At Vancouver US prosecutors have not Cup being played on artificial turf was the “tipping “We are governed by people who are not inter- Japan 1 Switzerland 0 accused Blatter, 79, of any wrong- point” which pushed world players’ union FIFPro ested in the game at all. I think women can become At Vancouver doing, but his stewardship of to open its doors to women players, said Caroline a driving force in this. Japan 2 Cameroon 1 world soccer’s governing body is Jonsson, head of FIFPro’s new women’s football “That is what football has been crying out for. At Winnipeg under scrutiny, sources familiar committee. FIFPro’s new advisory board will include current Ecuador 0 Japan 1 with investigations in the United FIFPro on Friday announced a new global initia- national team players including Spain’s Veronica Last 16 States and Switzerland have said. tive for female players to gain direct membership Boquete, Nigeria’s Rita Chikwelu, Mexico’s Monica At Vancouver Richard Cullen, Blatter’s to the organisation for the first time in its 50-year Gonzalez, Sweden’s Lotta Schelin, Netherland’s Japan 2 Netherlands 1 attorney, said that FIFA Senior history Kristen van de Ven and Australia’s Lydia Williams. Quarter-finals Vice President Issa Hayatou of It comes two days before the Women’s World Cup Williams said the World Cup in Canada demon- Cameroon would preside at the At Edmonton final between holders Japan and the United States in strated the inequalities in the game. trophy ceremony. Australia 0 Japan 1 Vancouver, allowing player representation in coun- “There are still some issues and conditions that But Tatjana Haenni, the FIFA Semi-finals tries where there is no other players’ union. would not be accepted in the men’s game - playing deputy director of the competi- At Edmonton A 37-year-old former Swedish international goal- on artificial turf and sharing the some hotel with tions division and head of wom- Japan 2 England 1 keeper, Jonsson, said: “I realised that no matter how opposition teams,” said the Washington Spirit player. en’s football, would not confirm much drive you have or how much you dream, you Spain captain Boquete highlighted the problems UNITED STATES (2) who would take over the duty. need a structure.” they had faced as they demanded that their coach of Group D “I think who hands the trophy US star Abby Wambach was among a group of 27 years Ignacio Quereda be sacked after their early At Winnipeg over and what kind of dignitaries top women’s players who launched a gender dis- exit. “We are here today to defend players rights, USA 3 Australia 1 we have and what kind of politi- crimination lawsuit against artificial turf which they we really believe it’s time for change,” Boquete, who At Winnipeg cians are in the stands is maybe withdrew before the tournament. won the Champions League final with German club USA 0 Sweden 0 for the teams and spectators “That (turf) was the question which made us Frankfurt, said. At Vancouver maybe not so important,” Haenni decide that women needed support. This was the “We have been disrespected so many times and Nigeria 0 USA 1 told reporters. tipping point for FIFPro getting involved in women’s that has to stop.” Last 16 “People come to watch the play- football,” said Jonsson. Nigeria’s and Hull City’s Sone Aluko, brother of At Edmonton ers and watch the game and want Theo van Seggelen, Secretary General of FIFPro English international Eniola Aluko outlined the dif- USA 2 Colombia 0 to be part of it in the stadium or said: “Female players have been disregarded and dis- ferences in his sibling’s career and his. Quarter-finals on TV or whatever means they German player Celia Sasic kicks respected. We tried to intervene but it was too late. “We had the same dreams, but the paths we took At Ottawa have that is what people are the ball during a training session “As far as FIFPro is concerned we will not play were poles apart, by 17 I was financially self-sufficient. China 0 USA 1 excited about. for the 2015 Women’s World Cup on artificial turf. I think the situation should be the “My sister is now 28. I think that a lot of things Semi-finals “Mr. Blatter and Mr. Valcke are at the Commonwealth Stadium. same as for men.” that we’re going to achieve she’s not going to get At Montreal not here, I think that is another Dutchman van Seggelen blasted world governing the benefit of, but it’s for the next generation.” AFP USA 2 Germany 0 topic.” REUTERS SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Hamilton takes pole at home GP Briton on pole for eighth time in nine races, Mercedes sweep front row in Silverstone

SILVERSTONE, United Kingdom: Lewis Hamilton Formula One moved to third place yesterday in the list of all-time Formula British Grand Prix One pole sitters when he secured Mercedes AMG his eighth pole spot in nine races Petronas F1 Team’s Starting Grid for today’s British Grand Prix. British driver Lewis Responding to a below-par run Hamilton cel- Starting grid from the Formula in practice on Friday, the series ebrates taking pole One British Grand Prix at leader and defending two-time after the qualify- Silverstone on Sunday world champion made the most ing session at the 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes of overnight improvements to Silverstone Circuit 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes his car -- and passionate support yesterday ahead of 3. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes from his home fans -- to beat the British Formula 4. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams- his Mercedes team-mate Nico One Grand Prix. Mercedes Rosberg by a tenth of a second RIGHT: Hamilton 5. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari in a tense qualifying session at walks back to his 6. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari Silverstone. trailer following the The 30-year-old Briton clocked 7. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) RedBull - Renault a best time of one minute and qualifying session. 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain) Toro Rosso - 32.248 seconds on his first run to Renault beat the German by one-tenth of 9. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India a second. Neither man improved - Mercedes on their final runs in the final 10. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - seconds. to take pole here,” said Hamilton. at it.” Like Hamilton, he praised of the Silver Arrows cars. In a at Copse to gain an advantage. Renault Hamilton’s success gave him “The fans give me such motiva- the crowd. surprising last push, the two Raikkonen also got penalised 11. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - his second successive pole for his tion and I thank them all for their “It’s awesome to see how many Williams cars of Brazilian Felipe after posting a fast lap. This left Mercedes home race. support. people and here and great to see Massa and Finn Valtteri Bottas the indignant Finn, who believed 12. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - It is also the 46th pole position “It’s an unbelievable feeling. how enthusiastic everyone is took third and fourth ahead of he was permitted two wheels on Mercedes of his career, a total that took him “Generally, it hasn’t been the about our sport.” an all-Ferrari row three to be the kerb, facing an exit before the one ahead of four-time champion smoothest weekend. I made a Massa was the only leading filled by Finn Kimi Raikkonen top-ten shootout. He squeezed 13. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro German Sebastian Vettel, who has change in the car before qualify- driver to improve on his final run. and four-time champion German through in ninth with another Rosso - Renault taken 45, and leaves only seven- ing, which hopefully will be good He said: “It is a fantastic day Sebastian Vettel. lap. The travails of the hapless 14. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - time champion German Michael for the race.” for us. It is amazing to see how Russian Daniil Kvyat was McLaren team continued apace Mercedes Schumacher, with 68, and three- Rosberg had looked likely to be many people are here, it is the seventh for Red Bull ahead of with both their former world 15. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Sauber - time champion Brazilian Ayrton quickest, but said he had prob- home grand prix for the team Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Toro champions Fernando Alonso and Ferrari Senna, on 65, ahead. lems with ‘the left front’ of his (Williams) and it is great to see. Rosso, German Nico Hulkenberg Jenson Button failing to qualify 16. Felipe Nasr (Brazil) Sauber - Ferrari His success also gives him car. I hope we can have a strong race of Force India and Australian even for the second session and 17. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren a good chance to increase his “My first lap was really good, and fight with Ferrari.” Daniel Ricciardo in the second will start on the ninth row of the 18. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 10-points lead ahead of Rosberg but Lewis was one-tenth quicker The Mercedes team’s success Red Bull. grid. It was the first time since 19. Will Stevens (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari in the championship, if he can win -- which is annoying, but that’s gave them a seventh front row Ricciardo was one of several the Chinese Grand Prix in April Sunday’s 52-laps race. the way it is. There was some- lockout this season, a statistic drivers who suffered for having a that both McLarens were elimi- 20. Roberto Merhi (Spain) Marussia - Ferrari “It’s a very special day, for me thing wrong and we need to look that confirms the supremacy lap deleted for running off circuit nated in Q1. AFP Worst yet to come for McLaren, says Alonso

SILVERSTONE, United be the same. “So if anyone’s bored with a reprimand after a mix-up Kingdom: Fernando Alonso they should tune in for Japan or over tyres. yesterday warned disappointed Mexico, because there will be The struggling team were sum- McLaren fans that things will worse races than this. We know moned to the stewards’ office be worse, before they are bet- that. Our plan is for them to be after fitting one of Button’s tyres ter, after he and Jenson Button worse than this, to start penalis- to the Spaniard’s car in qualifying. failed to progress from Q1 at the ing and to change things.” “We had a double pit-stop with Spanish British Grand Prix. Amazingly, for many of the dis- both cars and a little bit of con- Formula One Two-time champion Alonso appointed home fans backing the fusion when Jenson was stopped driver Fernando will start 17th and 2009 champion British-based McLaren team at to go the FIA weighbridge,” Alonso of Button 18th, the first time both the circuit, Alonso said Saturday’s said McLaren’s team boss Eric McLaren failed to make the cut since the qualifying had been one of their Boullier. Honda during Chinese Grand Prix in April. best this year. “One of the tyres of Jenson was at Silverstone “Everything is going worse “I know it sounds contradic- put on Fernando’s car.” than we had expected, in princi- tory, but we had never been 1.5 The incident was in breach race track, ple, but once we saw the situation seconds off Ferrari, which had of Article 25.4 of the sporting Great Britain, in the third or fourth race, what put on the medium tyres, on the rules. The stewards decided not yesterday. we are achieving now is better second longest track of the year. to punish Alonso and gave the than expected,” said the Spaniard. “And I think the gap to the first team, enduring its worst season, “I understand that being out in (pole) is smaller, but we have a a reprimand. Q1 doesn’t look that way, from the bit of a power deficit right now Former McLaren driver Lewis outside, but we are calm.... and until we improve we will be Hamilton of Mercedes took pole “When we arrive in Hungary, suffering.” position ahead of his team-mate in three weeks, it will be the same, Later it emerged Alonso and and title rival Nico Rosberg. and when we arrive in Spa, it will his beleaguered team had escaped AFP

France finally reap Olympic ‘Street’ track and field crucial reward for Gay doping for future of athletics: Bubka

PARIS: France were yesterday PARIS: Track and field events indoors, in outdoor stadiums belatedly awarded bronze med- staged outside stadiums in Qatar’s Mutaz or in the street,” the Ukrainian als for the men’s 4x100m relay street situations are crucial to Essa Barshim insisted. at the 2012 Olympics after the Orlando Ortega of Cuba reacts attract interest in and increase competes “Everything is the same, United States were disqualified popularity of athletics, IAAF the only difference is the after winning the men’s 110m in the men’s due to Tyson Gay’s doping ban. presidential candidate Sergey environment.” hurdles event at the IAAF high jump The US quartet initially placed Bubka said yesterday. during the Bubka added that the prox- second three years ago behind an Diamond League athletics The former Olympic and imity of spectators, as opposed meeting at the Stade de France IAAF Diamond Usain Bolt-led Jamaica foursome 10-time world pole vault cham- League athlet- to massed ranks in tribunes far that won in a blistering new world Stadium yesterday. pion is in a two-way race with from the action, was “part of the ics meeting record of 36.84 seconds, with two-time 1500m gold medallist success of athletes”. at the Stade Trinidad and Tobago in third Keston Bledman, while the newly- Seb Coe to succeed Lamine Diack “Through my career when I and France fourth, just four-hun- crowned French bronze medallists as president of the International de France in competed, I achieved and won dredths of a second adrift. are Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre- Association of Athletics Saint-Denis, many events and I proved to Gay had already returned his Alexis Pessonneaux, Ronald Federations (IAAF). outside Paris, myself I could do something. own medal after accepting a Pognon and Jimmy Vicaut. And Bubka insisted that inno- yesterday. Later I started to compete for year’s suspension in June 2013 In a ceremony at the Stade de vative ideas to bring athletics to the spectators. after testing positive for a banned France during the Paris Diamond the people were key to guarantee athletics,” Bubka told a small there was a pole vault competition “When I came into the stadium anabolic steroid in two out-of- League meet, the French quartet future success for a sport vying in group of journalists ahead of the in front of the Eiffel Tower. and it was empty, I wasn’t inter- competition tests. were driven around to a podium an increasingly football-centred Diamond League meeting in the “This is the way to approach ested in competing. The 2007 treble world cham- in a London taxi to the Beatles’ world. French capital. most of the public and specta- “You arrive at a level where pion had also accepted the dis- “All you need is love” and awarded Street athletics already exist in The pole vault in Baku was tors, even people not familiar with you become athlete and actor. You qualification of all results to their medals with no little pomp. limited forms. won by Germany’s reigning world athletics, but when they pass by perform for them, they motivate July 15, 2012, the date he first But they will not keep their The shot put of the Zurich champion Raphael Holzdeppe, but with their kids, they will enjoy you, they give you energy. used a product that contained medals for long, as the generic Diamond League is traditionally four other athletes set personal seeing it and like this you dis- “It makes for an attrac- the banned drug -- forfeiting all type handed to them must be held in the city’s railway station, bests in an event attended by cover new youngsters and attract tive event. It’s sport and show prizes obtained from that date. personally inscribed so must be for example, and Manchester thousands. them because the future of course together. We must engage in The US team also comprised returned to the International hosts a top-level outdoor sprint “There was already street is youth and how we will bring entertainment.” Justin Gatlin, who was running Olympic Committee (IOC) before event that has attracted the big- athletics in the 1970s and 1980s, them in.” An added advantage for street after having served two doping being reassigned with the proper gest names including Usain Bolt when I competed,” reminisced Bubka said he had no prob- athletics, Bubka added, was its bans, Trell Kimmons, Ryan Bailey engraving. And Trinidad and while the pole vault has often fea- Bubka, with the vote on the IAAF lem with street athletics results versatility. and heat runners Jeff Demps and Tobago are still to return their tured in venues outside stadiums. presidency race with Coe set for counting officially. “You can do it on the street, Darvis Patton. bronze medals for their upgrade “The street athletics at the August 19 ahead of the world “We can make official results if in a square, in a shopping mall, Now recognised as silver medal- following the IOC’s decision to European Games in Baku was championships in Beijing. everything’s done to IAAF rules indoor outdoor, shotput, discus on lists are Richard Thompson, Marc strip the US team after Gay’s a great success in which we can “And I once did a promotion of and regulations, there is no dif- the beach, it makes it interesting!” Burns, Emmanuel Callender and positive doping offence. AFP promote sport and highlight the Diamond League in Paris and ference” between events held AFP Sunday 5 July 2015 18 Ramadan 1436 Volume 20 Number 6482 Sport Price: QR2

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From The Sidelines Who’s Saying What “Obviously it’s great to make Kvitova joins Wimbledon money in a tournament like this. But people don’t look at the bunch of weeks where the first round of challenger in Italy, for example, you get 300 euros minus 30 percent tax. You can check what a flight is from Frankfurt to Italy.” exodus, Federer advances — Dustin Brown on his £77,000 ($120,000) prize money. “We all play on one day? I didn’t Murray survives injury scare to make last 16; Wozniacki also through know that actually. Yeah, that’s interesting.” — Caroline Wozniacki stunned LONDON: Petra Kvitova, the to learn that all men and wom- defending champion and second en’s last-16 matches are played seed, crashed out of Wimbledon on Monday. yesterday while Roger Federer and Andy Murray both needed “It can be like wedding, but it’s shorter than a wedding.” four sets to secure their passage — Italy’s Camila Giorgi on her into the second week. Wimbledon dress. Czech star Kvitova, who also won the 2011 title, lost 3-6, 7-5, Speed King 6-4 to veteran campaigner Jelena — Australia’s Sam Groth fired Jankovic who goes on to play 2012 a 236.9km per hour ace in the runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska third game of the first set against for a spot in the quarter-finals. Roger Federer, the fastest serve Kvitova’s earliest loss at the All of the 2015 tournament. England Club since 2009 leaves Name of The Day just Serena Williams, Maria — The junior girls’ competition Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki got underway featuring US sixth and Lucie Safarova as the last seed Usue Maitane Arconada. remaining top 10 seeds going into Question of The Day the second week. “I don’t know what to say. I’m “On a scale of one to 10, you overwhelmed. I’m so excited. My would say nine?” heart is still pumping,” said the Brown’s reply: “Sometimes these 30-year-old Jankovic on reaching questions don’t make a lot of the last 16 for the fifth time. sense.” Kvitova has now bowed out of Royal Box Watch the last four Grand Slams before — Sports stars past and present the quarter-finals. are invited into the Royal Box on “It’s not great to lose in the Centre Court on Wimbledon’s third round. Not to be in the sec- Middle Saturday. Current ond week of the favourite tour- cricket stars Kumar Sangakkara nament for me is really sad,” she and James Anderson sat along- said. side the retired Geoff Boycott Seven-time champion Roger and Andrew Strauss. England’s Federer defeated big-serving former rugby captain Bill Australian Sam Groth 6-4, 6-4, Beaumont was in the box with 6-7 (5/7), 6-2. present-day skipper Chris The 33-year-old Swiss, chas- Robshaw and national coach ing an 18th major title, will next Stuart Lancaster. Also present face Spanish 20th seed Roberto were former England footballer Bautista Agut. Groth had the Gary Lineker and golfers Justin consolation of hitting the second Rose and Luke Donald. Tennis fastest serve ever at the tourna- Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning his match against Samuel Groth of Australia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London greats Martina Navratilova and ment — 236.9km per hour. yesterday. RIGHT: Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova leaves the court in tears after losing against Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic at the All England Tennis Boris Becker also enjoyed the Murray survived a shoulder Club in Wimbledon, London, yesterday. comfy seats. injury scare to make the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 win over man in 39 years to reach the last Kyrgios who all lost their next Croatian Cilic, the ninth seed, Muguruza saved nine set points Italy’s Andreas Seppi. 16 when he beat French 13th seed match at Wimbledon after knock- beat the US 17th seed 7-6 (7/4), in the first set on her way to a Wimbledon Results Murray, the 2013 champion, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. ing out Nadal over the last four 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 12-10 in a debut appearance in the second Results at Wimbledon yesterday, required a medical time-out for The 36-year-old giant fired 41 years. match that lasted four hours and week at Wimbledon. the sixth day of the 2015 cham- treatment on his right shoulder aces in a 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), Troicki goes on to face Canada’s 31 minutes in total after it had Romania’s Monica Niculescu pionships at the All England after dropping the first game of 7-6 (11/9) win. Vasek Pospisil, who beat British been suspended late Friday due also made the last 16 for the first Club (x denotes seeding): the fourth set. The 2010 runner-up Tomas wildcard James Ward 6-4, 3-6, to bad light. time, beating Czech world number But the world number three Berdych, the Czech sixth seed, 2-6, 6-3, 8-6. Cilic next faces wildcard Denis 134 Kristyna Pliskova 6-3, 7-5. Men’s Third Round then reeled off six games in suc- saw off Spain’s Pablo Andujar 4-6, It is the 29-year-old Serb’s first Kudla, the last American man in She will face Switzerland’s Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt John cession to set up a clash against 6-0, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3). last-16 run at Wimbledon since the tournament. Timea Bacsinszky who put out Isner (USA x17) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic He next faces either Gilles 2012 and his best performance Danish fifth seed Wozniacki 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki (6/8), 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 12-10; on Monday for a place in the Simon or Gael Monfils. at a Grand Slam since returning reached the last 16 for the fourth 6-3, 6-2 to book a spot in the Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt James quarter-finals. Dreadlocked German quali- from a 12-month drugs ban in time with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 last 16. Belarusian qualifier Ward (GBR) 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, “The shoulder is fine. The fier Dustin Brown was unable to July last year. win over Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Olga Govortsova also reached 8-6; Viktor Troicki (SRB x22) trainer came out and manipulated follow his triumph over Rafael US Open champion Marin The former world number the fourth round for the first bt Dustin Brown (GER) 6-4, my back. He gave it a few good Nadal when he slumped to a Cilic took just two games to see one will face Spain’s Garbine time with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 over 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3; Ivo Karlovic cracks,” said Murray. 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3 defeat to off John Isner on Saturday after Muguruza after the 20th seed Magdalana Rybarikova and (CRO) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga “It’s a 90-kilo guy lying on top Serbian 22nd seed Viktor Troicki. returning to finish their third shocked 2012 semi-finalist next tackles American 21st seed (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), of me so it’s not that pleasant.” Qualifier Brown joins Lukas round match poised at 10-10 in Angelique Kerber 7-6 (14/12), Madison Keys, a semi-finalist in 7-6 (11/9); Andy Murray (GBR) Karlovic became the oldest Rosol, Steve Darcis and Nick the final set. 1-6, 6-2. Australia this year. AFP bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Pablo Andújar (ESP) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Roberto Dreadlocked Brown’s exit disappoints fans Bautista Agut (ESP x20) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 7-6 LONDON: Wimbledon lost who uses the time he did it he While Troicki was almost (7/4), 6-0, 6-1; Roger Federer one of its biggest crowd pleas- Twitter hashtag sent a ripple of always in control, Brown had (SUI x2) bt Sam Groth (AUS) ers yesterday when dread- @DreddyTennis. delight through more of the crowd-pleasing shots, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2. locked German Dustin Brown, “I was a lit- the crowd. including a drop-shot return of Women’s Third Round who toppled twice champion tle disappointed But in the end serve that left the fans gasping. Rafa Nadal, lost to Serb Victor to see him lose, Brown admitted “He hit a good kick serve. I Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) Troicki before a court filled with despite the Troicki, the 22nd wanted to hit a dropshot. I hit a bt Camila Giorgi (ITA x31) fans willing him to victory. crowd being seed, had simply dropshot and it came back over. 6-2, 6-2; Garbiñe Muguruza Shouts of “Way to go Dustin, behind him,” said outplayed him, Everyone smiled, which is a good (ESP x20) bt Angelique Kerber we’re here for you” and “Come on Phil Lawford, despite the fans thing,” Brown said. (GER x10) 7-6 (14/12), 1-6, 6-2; Dustin, come on” rippled from the a banker from egging him on. He added that it was great Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x15) bt stands. It was a rare lone voice Melbourne, “He played to play at Wimbledon, and the Sabine Lisicki (GER x18) 6-3, that yelled “Go, Troicki, bravo” Australia who, great. With his prize money of 77,000 pounds 6-2; Monica Niculescu (ROM) despite the Serb’s clear domi- like Brown is Dustin Brown serves in action at game, the way ($119,927.50) would be helpful, but bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-3, 7-5; Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt nance in a third-round match he aged 30. Wimbledon yesterday. he was serving, financing his career remained an won 6-4 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3. “I think he’s especially in the uphill battle. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) Brown’s commanding victory got a future ahead of him.” tiebreak, I mean, I can do what I “It’s one great week, obviously 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Madison Keys Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar over Nadal on Thursday stunned The lanky, 6-foot 5-inch want, this guy had four aces and a lot of money. But there’s also (USA x21) bt Tatjana Malek Sangakkara stands and waves Wimbledon and had some fans German’s unorthodox style one service winner in the tie- so many weeks where we throw (GER) 6-4, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x13) bt Casey in the royal box on centre court thinking a new era might be includes a serve and volley break, I’m most likely not going money out the window basically, Dellacqua (AUS) 6-1, 6-4; Jelena at the All England Tennis Club in dawning for Brown, ranked No. approach that sees him playing to win the tiebreak,” Brown just for flights and food. That’s Jankovic (SRB x28) bt Petra Wimbledon yesterday. 102, whose father was Jamaican close to the net and lobbing soft said in a post-match press just for us alone,” he said. and mother is German, and drop shots to his opponent. Every conference. REUTERS Kvitova (CZE x2) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.